MARION LESTER TOVEY

Marion Lester Tovey, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 25, 2005, at Life Care Center of complications following a stroke.

He was born Novermber 9, 1925, in Malad, Idaho, to Lester Malcolm Tovey and Edith Reynolds Tovey. He grew up and attended schools in Malad, graduating from Idaho State College.

He served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and the Korean Conflict.

He married Harriet Rae Pharris in 1950 in Salt Lake City. Four children were born to this union. They were later divorced. He worked as a television engineer for KID-TV and Argonne National Laboratories for 35 years. He retired in 1990.

He was a member of the Elks Lodge. He loved being a grandpa to his grandchildren, Ashley, Michelle, Gregory, and Megan.

Suriviving are a sons: David Cecil Tovey of Phoenix, AZ; Mark Pharris Tovey of Portland, OR; Dwight Neil Tovey of Boise; daughter, Melissa Bell Love of Portland, OR; sisters: Muriel Call, Kay Morgan, Sandra Fritzley, Marialiee Nielson, Jackie Rieley, Linda Crader, Leslie Tovey, and Paula Harbor, and brothers, Terrell, DeForest, Weldon, Berthel, and Paul Tovey; 4 Grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held Saturday, May 28, 2005, at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge, with his brother, Weldon Tovey, officiating.

His final resting place is in [Malad City Cemetery]