There will be no service for Sidney Provost, who died April 22, 1997, at age 88. Family and friends will gather from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in his Sauvie Island family home.
Mr. Provost was born March 9, 1909, in Rayne, La. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1948 and was decorated in World War II. He retired as a chief petty officer. He then worked 20 years at the Navy Reserve Training Station on Swan Island. In 1939, he married Geneva Jones; she died in 1981. In 1988, he married Penny Simpson.
Survivors include his wife; brother, Willie of Lake Charles, La.; sister, Leah Bourne of Iowa, La.; stepdaughters, Rita Price of Andover, Kan., and Janine DeBacker-Rivelli of Portland; stepsons, Frank DeBacker of Kansas City, Mo., Albert DeBacker and John DeBacker, both of Wichita, Kan., and Bud DeBacker of Sauvie Island; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Private interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. The family suggests remembrances to the Portland Police Sunshine Division or a charity of choice. Arrangements are by Hustad Funeral Home
Mr. Provost was born March 9, 1909, in Rayne, La. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1948 and was decorated in World War II. He retired as a chief petty officer. He then worked 20 years at the Navy Reserve Training Station on Swan Island. In 1939, he married Geneva Jones; she died in 1981. In 1988, he married Penny Simpson.
Survivors include his wife; brother, Willie of Lake Charles, La.; sister, Leah Bourne of Iowa, La.; stepdaughters, Rita Price of Andover, Kan., and Janine DeBacker-Rivelli of Portland; stepsons, Frank DeBacker of Kansas City, Mo., Albert DeBacker and John DeBacker, both of Wichita, Kan., and Bud DeBacker of Sauvie Island; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Private interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. The family suggests remembrances to the Portland Police Sunshine Division or a charity of choice. Arrangements are by Hustad Funeral Home
There will be no service for Sidney Provost, who died April 22, 1997, at age 88. Family and friends will gather from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in his Sauvie Island family home.
Mr. Provost was born March 9, 1909, in Rayne, La. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1948 and was decorated in World War II. He retired as a chief petty officer. He then worked 20 years at the Navy Reserve Training Station on Swan Island. In 1939, he married Geneva Jones; she died in 1981. In 1988, he married Penny Simpson.
Survivors include his wife; brother, Willie of Lake Charles, La.; sister, Leah Bourne of Iowa, La.; stepdaughters, Rita Price of Andover, Kan., and Janine DeBacker-Rivelli of Portland; stepsons, Frank DeBacker of Kansas City, Mo., Albert DeBacker and John DeBacker, both of Wichita, Kan., and Bud DeBacker of Sauvie Island; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Private interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. The family suggests remembrances to the Portland Police Sunshine Division or a charity of choice. Arrangements are by Hustad Funeral Home
Mr. Provost was born March 9, 1909, in Rayne, La. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1948 and was decorated in World War II. He retired as a chief petty officer. He then worked 20 years at the Navy Reserve Training Station on Swan Island. In 1939, he married Geneva Jones; she died in 1981. In 1988, he married Penny Simpson.
Survivors include his wife; brother, Willie of Lake Charles, La.; sister, Leah Bourne of Iowa, La.; stepdaughters, Rita Price of Andover, Kan., and Janine DeBacker-Rivelli of Portland; stepsons, Frank DeBacker of Kansas City, Mo., Albert DeBacker and John DeBacker, both of Wichita, Kan., and Bud DeBacker of Sauvie Island; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Private interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. The family suggests remembrances to the Portland Police Sunshine Division or a charity of choice. Arrangements are by Hustad Funeral Home
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