David Leo Messer
Aug. 11, 1949 - Sept. 29, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009 8:20 PM PDT
Jamieson
David Leo Messer, 60, of Jamieson, Ore., died as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, one mile north of Jamieson, Ore. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at the Vale Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1554 Highway 20-26, Vale, Ore. Graveside services will follow at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at the Lostine Cemetery, Lostine, Ore.
David was born on Aug. 11, 1949, in Great Falls, Mont., the son of Leo Eugene Messer and Elizabeth Lucille Jenson. He attended Great Falls schools and graduated from Charles M. Russell High School.
He took courses in land surveying with the Montana State Highway Department and North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and obtained his Montana State Land Surveyor-in Training license.
In 1977, David married Nadine Hayes in Sandpoint, Idaho. They lived in the greater Seattle area and Kalispell, Mont., where he worked for 20 years in the private land surveying field.
In 1989, the couple moved to Pendleton, Ore., where David earned associate degrees with honors in civil engineering technology and math/computer science from Blue Mountain Community College.
In 1995, he opened a computer consulting business, which he operated in Pendleton and, more recently, in Vale, Ore. He enjoyed reading, travel, ham radio and working with computers.
He is survived by his wife, Nadine, of Jamieson; brother, Stephen Messer, of Fairbanks, Alaska; sisters, Cheryl Hansen, of Hartland, Wis., Judy Parker, of Mesquite, Nev., Beverly Rogers, of Whitesburg, Kent., and Susan Guerrero, of Hoodsport, Wash.; and numerous nieces and nephews. David was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Nancy Messer.
