David Cordier Melroy of Newport News, VA, son of deceased parents Monique and Paul Melroy of Haddonfield, N.J. passed away on 10 August 2026. David's wife Helen (nee Fellows) predeceased him on Dec. 4th of 2021. He is survived by three children, son David Jr, daughter Pamela, and son Stephen and their respective families. He also leaves 5 grandsons, 2 great grandsons, and 4 step-grandchildren.

David was born on July 23, 1936 in Syracuse, NY. At age 3, his parents moved to Haddonfield, N.J. where he grew up before leaving for Holy Cross College where he graduated in 1958. He entered active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a 2nd Lt. in August,1958. Melroy spent almost 9 years in the Air Force in Illinois, California, Hawaii and Florida. While in California, he graduated from Stanford University with an M.S in Math and Industrial Engineering and as a member of one of the first computer science programs in the country.

He resigned from the Air Force as a Captain in May, 1967. He subsequently worked for Kraft Foods in New York City and Chicago. He then moved to Rochester, NY in 1973 to work for Xerox Corp., while living in the community of Pittsford. He retired from Xerox in 1999. He was a manager of Information Systems development with both companies. He and wife Helen moved in 2003 to Canadice N.Y. and lived there for another 14 years before moving to Virginia to live with their son.

Wherever they lived, Dave and Helen were active in their communities and churches. They enjoyed an active social life along with snow skiing, hiking and traveling to 45 states in the US, and sight-seeing in France, Italy, Germany, England, Ireland, Japan and Siam. Dave was an avid sports fan and will always be remembered for his devoted allegiance to the Buffalo Bills.  In lieu of flowers, Dave requested donations to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.