Devearl B. Pugmire

He was born Oct. 6, 1914, at Meadowville, Rich County, Utah. Meadowville is on the south end of Bear Lake. Devearl was the second of eight children of Justin Gerald Pugmire and Clara L. Zina Barker. He married Maxine Denney on her 18th birthday, Oct. 13, 1939, at Salt Lake City. The couple lived in Union, Utah, Los Angeles, Lakeside and Eugene, Ore., Seattle, Medford, Ore., and, for the later years of his life, in Lewiston.

His family comes from Northern England and dates back to the 1600s in Cumberland. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and settled in Salt Lake City in the mid-1800s.

Devearl loved four things: family, Scouting, missionary work and fast cars. He also liked "Gunsmoke," the Seattle Mariners, Gonzaga basketball and playing Phase 10 cards. You could often find him working in his garden and caring for the corn, Brandywine tomatoes and raspberries.

Devearl has 78 descendants: six children, 19 grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren. Oh, how he loved them. His latest family member is Scarlett, who arrived four days before his passing. His children include Kathy (Jim) Waldron of Weippe, Denney (Barbara) Pugmire of Payson, Utah, Connie (Ray) Lauritzen (deceased), who greeted him in the spirit world, Kent (Shannon) Pugmire of Draper, Utah, Kevin (Kathie) Pugmire of Boise and Kaye Pugmire of Lewiston.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boy Scouts of America; any local church missionary program; or the Lewis-Clark State College Senior Nutrition Program, 1424 Main St., Lewiston, ID 83501. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home. The services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the LDS Lewiston Second Ward Chapel at 3810 16th St., on Ripon Avenue. His body will be interred at Mountain View Cemetery at 3521 Seventh St. in Lewiston.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vassar-rawls.com.