- Date Of Death: March 14, 2016
- State: Idaho
DeVerl Fowler Passey, 82, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016 at home. He was born on August, 3, 1934 in Lanark, Idaho to Leo and Ida Passey. DeVerl was the of sixth of eight children. Those who loved him are inconsolable with his loss.
DeVerl was raised on the family farm in Lanark. He spoke fondly of his childhood, the chores, the hard work, the youthful escapades with his brothers and sisters, and of his loving parents. He was proud of the fact that his great-grandparents were the first family to settle in Lanark.
He attended elementary school in Lanark until the sixth grade when the few Lanark students were moved to Emerson Elementary in Paris. He played football, basketball and track for the Fielding Spartans. He also played softball for many teams through out the Bear Lake Valley. He was athletic, fit, and nimble. How many men do you know who could walk across a barbed wire fence on stilts without breaking their stride?
In 1957, DeVerl was inducted into the Army. He spent 18 months building pontoon bridges in Germany.
