Native son, David Lynn Pearce passed away last week. Pearce was born August 16, 1938 to David Reese Pearce and Nola Joyce Lunt of Beaver, Utah.
After graduation form Beaver High School, Pearce was recruited by Coach Tony Knapp as a halfback for the Utah State Aggies. After his sophomore year he was called to serve an LDS Mission. That service to the Lord took him to Argentina and Chile at a time when there was only one mission in southern South America. Upon his return, he finished his football career with Coach John Ralston playing on the same team with Merlin Olsen, Lionel Aldridge and others of his team who went on to professional football. Dave graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and Physical Education in 1964. He got his MasterÂ’s Degree in 1969 while serving as head football coach at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Pearce had returned to his hometown of Beaver, Utah after retiring as a safety engineer on large construction projects. He started his career as a teacher/coach first in Snowflake, Arizona, then in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In 1968, he was hired for the inaugural staff for Central Arizona College in Casa Grande, Arizona as the first track and wrestling coach. He moved the family form Idaho with the assignment to plan for a football program for CAC. When the college decided against a football program, Dave left teaching/coaching and came to Miami, AZ where he spent twenty years at a local mine as a safety engineer. He was then hired as the safety engineer for the historic Roosevelt Dam reconstruction and then was in demand for huge projects all over the U.S. His last project was the remarkable project at Diamond Lake in Hemet, California, where three earthen dams now contain potable water for much of southern California.
Dave was preceded in Death by his parents David Rees and Nola Pearce of Beaver and his youngest sister Rose Marie Pearce. He is survived by his spouse Linda; son David John (Shelley) of Prescott, AZ; daughters Lisa Lynn Blodgett (David) of Cedar City, UT and Laura Pearce of Miami, AZ. His grandchildren are: David Reese, Rhett, and Emma Pearce of Prescott, AZ; and Hannah, Rachel and David Terry Blodgett of Cedar City, UT, a brother Raynor Pearce (Janet) of Sandy, UT and one sister Madge Easton (Robert)of Orem,UT.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 10:00 am at the LDS First Ward in Beaver, UT. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary.
After graduation form Beaver High School, Pearce was recruited by Coach Tony Knapp as a halfback for the Utah State Aggies. After his sophomore year he was called to serve an LDS Mission. That service to the Lord took him to Argentina and Chile at a time when there was only one mission in southern South America. Upon his return, he finished his football career with Coach John Ralston playing on the same team with Merlin Olsen, Lionel Aldridge and others of his team who went on to professional football. Dave graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and Physical Education in 1964. He got his MasterÂ’s Degree in 1969 while serving as head football coach at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Pearce had returned to his hometown of Beaver, Utah after retiring as a safety engineer on large construction projects. He started his career as a teacher/coach first in Snowflake, Arizona, then in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In 1968, he was hired for the inaugural staff for Central Arizona College in Casa Grande, Arizona as the first track and wrestling coach. He moved the family form Idaho with the assignment to plan for a football program for CAC. When the college decided against a football program, Dave left teaching/coaching and came to Miami, AZ where he spent twenty years at a local mine as a safety engineer. He was then hired as the safety engineer for the historic Roosevelt Dam reconstruction and then was in demand for huge projects all over the U.S. His last project was the remarkable project at Diamond Lake in Hemet, California, where three earthen dams now contain potable water for much of southern California.
Dave was preceded in Death by his parents David Rees and Nola Pearce of Beaver and his youngest sister Rose Marie Pearce. He is survived by his spouse Linda; son David John (Shelley) of Prescott, AZ; daughters Lisa Lynn Blodgett (David) of Cedar City, UT and Laura Pearce of Miami, AZ. His grandchildren are: David Reese, Rhett, and Emma Pearce of Prescott, AZ; and Hannah, Rachel and David Terry Blodgett of Cedar City, UT, a brother Raynor Pearce (Janet) of Sandy, UT and one sister Madge Easton (Robert)of Orem,UT.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 10:00 am at the LDS First Ward in Beaver, UT. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary.
Native son, David Lynn Pearce passed away last week. Pearce was born August 16, 1938 to David Reese Pearce and Nola Joyce Lunt of Beaver, Utah.
After graduation form Beaver High School, Pearce was recruited by Coach Tony Knapp as a halfback for the Utah State Aggies. After his sophomore year he was called to serve an LDS Mission. That service to the Lord took him to Argentina and Chile at a time when there was only one mission in southern South America. Upon his return, he finished his football career with Coach John Ralston playing on the same team with Merlin Olsen, Lionel Aldridge and others of his team who went on to professional football. Dave graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and Physical Education in 1964. He got his MasterÂ’s Degree in 1969 while serving as head football coach at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Pearce had returned to his hometown of Beaver, Utah after retiring as a safety engineer on large construction projects. He started his career as a teacher/coach first in Snowflake, Arizona, then in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In 1968, he was hired for the inaugural staff for Central Arizona College in Casa Grande, Arizona as the first track and wrestling coach. He moved the family form Idaho with the assignment to plan for a football program for CAC. When the college decided against a football program, Dave left teaching/coaching and came to Miami, AZ where he spent twenty years at a local mine as a safety engineer. He was then hired as the safety engineer for the historic Roosevelt Dam reconstruction and then was in demand for huge projects all over the U.S. His last project was the remarkable project at Diamond Lake in Hemet, California, where three earthen dams now contain potable water for much of southern California.
Dave was preceded in Death by his parents David Rees and Nola Pearce of Beaver and his youngest sister Rose Marie Pearce. He is survived by his spouse Linda; son David John (Shelley) of Prescott, AZ; daughters Lisa Lynn Blodgett (David) of Cedar City, UT and Laura Pearce of Miami, AZ. His grandchildren are: David Reese, Rhett, and Emma Pearce of Prescott, AZ; and Hannah, Rachel and David Terry Blodgett of Cedar City, UT, a brother Raynor Pearce (Janet) of Sandy, UT and one sister Madge Easton (Robert)of Orem,UT.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 10:00 am at the LDS First Ward in Beaver, UT. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary.
After graduation form Beaver High School, Pearce was recruited by Coach Tony Knapp as a halfback for the Utah State Aggies. After his sophomore year he was called to serve an LDS Mission. That service to the Lord took him to Argentina and Chile at a time when there was only one mission in southern South America. Upon his return, he finished his football career with Coach John Ralston playing on the same team with Merlin Olsen, Lionel Aldridge and others of his team who went on to professional football. Dave graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and Physical Education in 1964. He got his MasterÂ’s Degree in 1969 while serving as head football coach at Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Pearce had returned to his hometown of Beaver, Utah after retiring as a safety engineer on large construction projects. He started his career as a teacher/coach first in Snowflake, Arizona, then in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In 1968, he was hired for the inaugural staff for Central Arizona College in Casa Grande, Arizona as the first track and wrestling coach. He moved the family form Idaho with the assignment to plan for a football program for CAC. When the college decided against a football program, Dave left teaching/coaching and came to Miami, AZ where he spent twenty years at a local mine as a safety engineer. He was then hired as the safety engineer for the historic Roosevelt Dam reconstruction and then was in demand for huge projects all over the U.S. His last project was the remarkable project at Diamond Lake in Hemet, California, where three earthen dams now contain potable water for much of southern California.
Dave was preceded in Death by his parents David Rees and Nola Pearce of Beaver and his youngest sister Rose Marie Pearce. He is survived by his spouse Linda; son David John (Shelley) of Prescott, AZ; daughters Lisa Lynn Blodgett (David) of Cedar City, UT and Laura Pearce of Miami, AZ. His grandchildren are: David Reese, Rhett, and Emma Pearce of Prescott, AZ; and Hannah, Rachel and David Terry Blodgett of Cedar City, UT, a brother Raynor Pearce (Janet) of Sandy, UT and one sister Madge Easton (Robert)of Orem,UT.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 10:00 am at the LDS First Ward in Beaver, UT. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary.
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