MOSCOW Dewey D. Shawver Sr., a retired logging truck driver and Princeton, Idaho, resident, died of causes related to age Wednesday at Latah Health Services at Moscow. He was 96.
He was born May 25, 1899, at Decatur, Neb., to Christian C. and Frankie Pitzenberger Shawver. He received his schooling in Nebraska and also attended a mechanic school in Wichita, Kan.
He married Alice Davidson Sept. 28, 1919, at Lyons, Neb.
The family farmed at Lyons until 1952, when they moved to Princeton. He drove logging trucks for Vowels Logging and Dick O'Reilly Logging until retiring in 1965. He entered the care center in June 1991.
He enjoyed hunting, especially for pheasant. He was a member of the Princeton Church of the Nazarene and the American Legion of Potlatch, Idaho.
He is survived by his wife of Moscow; one son, Dewey Shawver Jr. of Potlatch; two daughters, Alice Besst of Princeton and Lillian Judd of Waitsburg, Wash.; two half sisters, Ruth Besst of Lewiston and Jean Renz of Potlatch; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held today through Sunday at Kramer Funeral Home at Palouse.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Church of Nazarene at Princeton with the Revs. Wayne Smith and John Smallridge officiating. Burial will follow at Freeze Cemetery north of Potlatch.
The family suggests memorials be made to Church of the Nazarene at Princeton.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
MOSCOW Dewey D. Shawver Sr., a retired logging truck driver and Princeton, Idaho, resident, died of causes related to age Wednesday at Latah Health Services at Moscow. He was 96.
He was born May 25, 1899, at Decatur, Neb., to Christian C. and Frankie Pitzenberger Shawver. He received his schooling in Nebraska and also attended a mechanic school in Wichita, Kan.
He married Alice Davidson Sept. 28, 1919, at Lyons, Neb.
The family farmed at Lyons until 1952, when they moved to Princeton. He drove logging trucks for Vowels Logging and Dick O'Reilly Logging until retiring in 1965. He entered the care center in June 1991.
He enjoyed hunting, especially for pheasant. He was a member of the Princeton Church of the Nazarene and the American Legion of Potlatch, Idaho.
He is survived by his wife of Moscow; one son, Dewey Shawver Jr. of Potlatch; two daughters, Alice Besst of Princeton and Lillian Judd of Waitsburg, Wash.; two half sisters, Ruth Besst of Lewiston and Jean Renz of Potlatch; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held today through Sunday at Kramer Funeral Home at Palouse.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Church of Nazarene at Princeton with the Revs. Wayne Smith and John Smallridge officiating. Burial will follow at Freeze Cemetery north of Potlatch.
The family suggests memorials be made to Church of the Nazarene at Princeton.
Lewiston Morning Tribune
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Marvin Ross Shawver
1890–1968
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Jessie Mabel Shawver Bacon
1891–1987
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George William Shawver
1894–1983
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Florence Christine Shawver Gage
1897–1991
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Jeanette Ann "Nettie" Shawver Davidson
1901–1987
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Ethel Leota Shawver Boone
1884–1948
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Mary Matilda Shawver Booker
1886–1978
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Samuel Tony "Samp" Shawver
1891–1974
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Aida Elizabeth Shawver Neal
1908–1978
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Ruth Margaret Shawver Besst
1911–2002
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Harold Christian Shawver
1913–1989
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Ernest Perry Shawver
1914–1987
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Virginia R. Shawver Bernich
1918–1964
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Naomi Jeanne Shawver Renz
1926–2012
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