Obituary

John Clifford Lovell
June 28, 1950--February 19, 2016 (age 65)

John Clifford Lovell was born June 28, 1950 in Roseburg, Oregon to parents, Donald Clifford and Mary Hermine (Laughlin) Lovell. He died at his home in Pendleton, Oregon on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the age of 65.

John live briefly in Eugene and Echo, Oregon before his family moved to Pendleton. He graduated from Pendleton High School in 1968, and graduated from Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande in 1973.

John worked for the US Forest Service in the late 1970's as a Civil Engineering Technician. In the early 1980's John worked at the Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center as a Psychiatric Aid. John also worked for the Blue Mountain Economic Development Council as an energy program coordinator for a five county area in Eastern Oregon. In the early 1990's he returned to the US Forest Service as a Forestry Technician. John worked briefly in the last 1990's with the Foster Grandparents and Senior Companions programs. He also worked in property maintenance until retiring in 2012.

On November 24, 1984 he married Roxi Newland in Friday Harbor, Washington.

John was passionate about soccer. He played soccer at Eastern Oregon State College and then later on many city club teams. He enjoyed watching the junior high and high school soccer teams, and was glad to see soccer gaining popularity in the United States. He also enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, backpacking, mushroom picking and camping.

John in survived by his wife Roxi of Pendleton, Oregon, and his sister Donnal Lovell of Mountlake Terrace, Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents, and an older brother Paul Scott Lovell.

No services are planned at this time.