Everett Scrivner

Everett Franklin Scrivner passed away peacefully on June 2, 2020. He was born on July 27, 1927 to Vollie and Maude Scrivner in Wilder, Idaho. He attended Churchill Elementary School in Baker City, Oregon, Shumway Junior High in Vancouver, Washington and Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon where he graduated.

Everett served in the United States Navy from 1945-1946. He was stationed in San Diego.

A friend Betty Wolfe introduced Everett to his lifelong love and companion, Eva LaVelle Conklin at the Eltrym Theater and they were married October 28, 1950 in Baker City. They are the parents of two children, Sharon and Rick.

For forty years, Everett was the Texaco Distributer in Baker City. To his family though, he was the guy who could fix anything.

Everett loved all sports, especially baseball. He played 3rd base for the Baker Loggers semi-pro team. He earned the nickname “Digger” for his fantastic fielding abilities. He continued to play variations of baseball including slow pitch softball.  He was instrumental in the development of the Baker Little League Baseball program and the baseball facilities such as Wade Williams, and Leo Adler fields in Baker City, Oregon. For 12 years he coached the Dodgers Little League Team and a Babe Ruth team.

After retirement, Everett started golfing and spent many happy hours golfing with his family as well as his good buddy Pat Guymon. During his years golfing he made a hole in one, three times. Another hobby he enjoyed was making “Tweety Birds”. He used model airplane propellers for the wings, and he would give them to anyone who wanted one. All his grandchildren have “Tweety Birds” and as they have grown and now have their own homes they say “A home is not a home until a Tweety Bird hangs in your tree”. Everett and LaVelle, loved to go camping. They started with a little trailer, then had a camper on the back of their pickup, and finally a fifth wheel. They camped many places from Canada to Lake Mead, but their favorite places were Phillips Reservoir and Gary Smith’s cabin.

In June 1976, Everett became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a year later June 23, 1977 was sealed to his eternal companion Eva LaVelle for time and all eternity in the Oakland Temple. He loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ and held many calling where he served with commitment and diligence. He and LaVelle served for many years as Home Teaching Companions and served many people in their ward. They also served in the Boise Idaho Temple as Ordinance Workers.

Everett was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Ernie and Virgil, and his sister Helen Marconi.

Surviving him is his wife, Eva LaVelle, his daughter Sharon Vollie Durbin and her husband Rick (Nephi, Utah, his son Richard John Scrivner and his wife Barbara (Baker City). Grandchildren, Cristopher Durbin (Emily), Casey Durbin (Pauline), Kandice Taylor (Ryan), Daniel Scrivner (Crystal), Mitchell Durbin (Angela), Michael Durbin, Cassie Brown (Ben), Drew Scrivner (Suzi), and Kaitlyn Allen (Jared). 29 Great-Grandchildren include Durbin grandchildren, Olivia, Ty, Trent, Jadon, Macie, Piper, Venessa, Mason, Joslin, Payton, Harlee, Avery, Jayce, Ryder, and Myles. Scrivner Great-Grandchildren: Chase, Paige, Elyse, Ruby, Josie, Charlie, Clay, Addyson, Easton, Paxton, Emsley, Remington, Sawyer and Vinny.

Life will never be the same without him. His legacy of perseverance, love and devotion to family and enthusiasm for life will live on in those of us he left behind.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions only a Traditional Graveside Service  with Military Honors will be held Monday, June 8, 2020 at 11:00 am in Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City, Oregon.

A special thanks for the kind service he received from Settlers Park and Wetona Illingsworth.

For those who would like to make a memorial donation in memory of Everett, the family suggests the Intermountain Primary Children's Medical Hospital through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services PO Box 543  Halfway, Oregon 97834.  Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com