On Sunday July 30th, Richard Earl Harvey passed away due to complications from pneumonia. He was 85 years old. Richard was born in Lewiston, Utah on May 28, 1932. He was the fourth of eight children and always remained close friends with his siblings. Richard learned to work hard at a very young age; he was only 5 years old when he started helping his father grow sugar beets and potatoes. His family moved several times while he was growing up, but he continued to work. During his time off from school, he took a variety of different jobs including running a paper route, working in an icehouse, on a dairy, and as a smelter. One of his favorite jobs was working on a ranch where he lived during the summer. Dressing and living like a real cowboy, he broke and trained horses and did leather braiding. He was on most of the sports teams in High School, but his favorite was the Tooele football team. He never lost his love of football and was always a dedicated BYU football fan.

Richard graduated from Tooele High School in 1950 and joined the Air Force one year later. He was stationed in San Antonio and Wichita Falls, Texas and the Tooele ordinance depot in Utah. During the Korean War he was stationed in Korea with the United States Air Force where he loaded photo flash bombs on B-26 bombers for nighttime photo recon. Richard developed a great love for airplanes and would have gone into pilot training if he hadn't already met and fallen in love with JoAnn Bevan. He met JoAnn during a summer when he was home working as a lifeguard at the Tooele Pool. He thought she was cute and asked if he could walk her home. They were married on June 10th, 1954. After they were married he continued in the Air Force where he worked on hydrogen bombs with B-36's at Fairchild Air Force base in Spokane, Washington. While at the base his work was top secret and he had what was called "crash Q" clearance. JoAnn could know nothing of what he was doing. Sometimes while sitting at home an officer would come to the house and Richard would have to hurry to the base. Richard remained in active duty for four years and then spent another four years on inactive duty before retiring from the Air Force.

Richard loved spending time with his three brothers Jay, Max and Claire. The four Harvey boys loved archery and created the biggest archery club in the state of Utah at the time. They were a force to be reckoned with. Richard and his brothers were the national archery championship team in Las Vegas in 1956. Richard also won six straight Utah state archery championships. Richard continued to work as hard as he played and had many different careers. After leaving the Air Force, he and JoAnn moved to Murray, Utah to work on a Trout Farm. Here they had their first child, a baby girl named Trina. He returned to Vernon, Utah to work on the ranch when their second child, Becky, was born. After that, they returned to Tooele where Richard worked at Hercules as a millwright and JoAnn gave birth to their little boy, Dan. Richard worked at Hercules for seventeen years before the family made their final move to Rexburg, Idaho in the spring of 1977. Richard joined in a sawmill business with his brother-in-law Richard Wallace Bevan. He worked and then later owned Bevan Wood Products until he retired. Soon after moving to Rexburg, Richard sought out a beautiful piece of land surrounded by trees that included a pond for swimming, fishing, and canoeing. There he built the home that has been loved and lived in for forty years. A few years after moving to Rexburg, Richard and JoAnn, already grandparents, had their last child, Nancy.

Richard always enjoyed staying active and eventually took up golf. He spent most of his summers on the green or in his garden. He maintained his love for airplanes and volunteered as a guide for the Legacy Flight Museum. He hung around so much he had the opportunity to hitch a few rides in some of the airplanes; his favorite was the P51. One of his most cherished memories was on his 80th birthday when he rode in the center airplane in a flyover with a group of three bird dogs.

He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints and served many years in Scouts. He was a dedicated home teacher and held callings in the bishopric, Sunday school, and the high council. He and his wife served a mission for the Church in Manchester New Hampshire. Living in Sanford, Maine, they worked at the Alfred County Courthouse doing microfilming of Probate Records. He developed a love of the North East Coast and lighthouses.

He is survived by his wife JoAnn Bevan Harvey. His sisters: Mildred, Shauna, Betty, and Bonnie. His children: Trina Cook, Becky (Ron) Hunter, Dan (Dawn) Harvey, and Nancy (Gerald) Robinson. He has 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

There will be a graveside service for family and friends at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 3, at the Sutton Cemetery, under the direction of Flamm Funeral Home.