William Orval Dewey
December 23, 1920-July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:39 AM PDT
Payette
William Orval Dewey, age 89, of Payette, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at home. A viewing for friends and family will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 30 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 31 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery, Payette.
Orval was born December 23, 1920 in Trenton, Nebraska to Lewis LeRoy Dewey and Addie Mae Terrell Dewey. He was the sixth child in a family of eleven children. The family lived on a farm in Nebraska for eight years, then went to Wyoming for five years. The family moved to Payette in 1935.
During his teen years he worked in the fields and did roofing. He met Wilma Hall in the Payette Nazarene Church and they were married on May 15, 1940. His first Child, Terrence, was born on October 15, 1942 and passed away September 1944. Orval worked in Hermiston driving truck at the ammunition depot. After that he went to work for Union Pacific railroad and Orval and Wilma moved to Weiser during that time. Orval joined the Army in 1944 and served in World War II in the Pacific. In 1946 he returned from Saipan. His second son, Stacey was born in 1947 and daughter, Renèe was born in 1950.
He went to work for DeBord Construction and worked for them until he retired. Orval loved to do cabinet work and grow a big garden.
Sharing his garden with those he loved brought him real joy. He was the Sunday school superintendent for Payette Church of the Nazarene for 30 years. Orval dedicated his life to his church and gave it many hours of his labor and time.
Orval lost his wife of 68 years in December 2008 and was also preceded in death by three sisters, four brothers and two sons.
He is survived by two sisters, Ada Redlock of Kuna and Mary Wutzl of Friday Harbor, WA; a brother, Kenneth Dewey of Springhill, TN; a daughter, Renèe Dewey of Middletown, CA; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Payette Church of the Nazarene, care of, Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, PO Box 730, Payette, ID 83661.
