Bruce Allerton Mitchell, age 92, of Greenfield, Indiana, entered his rest in peace on April 2, 2020, at his home. He was born November 12, 1927 in Bronxville, New York, to Lt. Col. Donald E. Mitchell and Helene A. Mitchell. He grew up in Spencertown, New York, and graduated from Chatham High School, New York, class of 1945. He later graduated from St. Paul Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from the University of Evansville. Bruce enjoyed an interesting and varied career. In his earlier years after High School, he worked as an apprentice at General Electric in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and loved the growing field of electronics and communications. In the 1940s and later years he worked and wrote for the Chatham, New York, Courier, and was an announcer at several radio stations, one being WHUC, Hudson, New York and another being in West Springfield. Mass. Bruce served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean War with continual travel assignments for the purpose of training expanding military staff knowledge in the new US Air Force field of electronics. His discharge from service was followed with 16 years as an electronics Field Engineer with McDonnell Douglas where he was stationed on the aircraft carrier Enterprise during the Cuban missile crisis. It was said at the time that he knew everything there was to know about the Phantom F-4 fighter. He later became magazine editor with McDonnell Douglas Publications. In the early 1970s, Bruce followed a call to the ministry in the United Methodist Church, serving churches in Missouri, Indiana, Florida and Michigan, retiring from the appointive pastorate in 2008 at Whittemore, Michigan. He hosted a number of travel groups who visited the Holy Land, and subsequently groups travelling worldwide. He enjoyed writing, and wrote newspaper columns and magazine articles about religion and travel, as well as a book about Christian witnessing. He enjoyed working in radio as a DJ in Texas, and on a Christian music show in Rensselaer, Indiana, co-hosted with his wife. Bruce met the love of his life, Joyce (Lakin), on a blind date and they were married December 19, 1953. He loved music, along with story-telling, and had a wicked sense of humor. He truly enjoyed reading biographies and military novels. Bruce never tired of taking cruises with his wife and travelled the world with her. He appreciated art, and was continually creating imaginations through projects of painting or sewing. He was particularly fascinated with embroidery projects in his later years and was always thinking about the next creation to be enjoyably displayed in his home. Bruce leaves to honor his memory his beloved wife of 66 years, Joyce (Lakin) Mitchell, as well as children, Linda (Sam) Gould, of Bemidji, Minnesota, Amy (Vic) Kurz of New Berlin, Pennsylvania, Greg (Michelle) Mitchell of Enterprise, Oregon, Lisa (James) Smith of Greenfield, Indiana, and a brother, Roger (Barbara) Mitchell of Sunderland, Massachusetts. Also surviving are 2 nieces, 17 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Jeff Mitchell and his Uncle, Ralph Allerton Winans. Services will be held at a later date, with interment at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Michigan. Condolences may be conveyed at frenchblasl.com.