Loyce G. DeVore, 90

Loyce G. DeVore, 90, passed peacefully at Kootenai Health on September 29, 2013. She was born June 16, 1923 in Dickens, Texas to Dena and Charles Lasseter. She was one of five children. She married William P. "Bill" DeVore on December 1, 1945 and enjoyed 67 years of marriage until his passing on February 27, 2013. Loyce lived the majority of her life in central and southern California until 1991 when she and Bill moved to Coeur d'Alene. They became members of the Coeur d'Alene Bible Church and they enjoyed their new life in north Idaho. Loyce was a kind, generous and intelligent lady who always put her family and friends first and who was talented in so many ways. She was a wonderful cook, sewed clothes for herself and her family, braided room-size wool rugs, reupholstered furniture, and canned jams and jellies, and even once canned a batch of gooseberry jelly over a Coleman stove while camping. And one certainly can't forget all of the lovely hand-stitched quilts she made that adorn so many bedrooms and, in the last few years, the hand-tied baby quilts she made that were taken by a missionary couple to Swaziland to hand out to new mothers. We lost count but without a doubt she made hundreds. She always said "I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have my quilts to work on." When Loyce was a young wife and mother, something very special happened to her one night while she was sleeping. She awoke and sat up and was enveloped in the most incredible feeling of love and she heard a voice reciting John 3:16..."For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." This scripture became a prayer for her, reciting it often, and she now rests for eternity in His loving arms. Loyce was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Granville and C.L., her sister Wanda, and her husband Bill. She is survived by her son Charles DeVore and wife Karen, daughter Teresa Jamerson and husband Jim, sister Joetta Holsinger and husband Ralph, and step-daughter Dorothy Breese and husband Lloyd. The family would like to express their sincere and heartfelt appreciation to North Star Retirement Community, Kootenai Health, and North Idaho Home Health for the loving care and kindness they so freely gave to Loyce. There is a visitation planned for Monday, October 7, at 11 AM at Yates Funeral Home, Coeur d’ Alene Chapel, 744 N. 4th St., with a graveside service following at 1 PM at Forest Cemetery, 1001 Gov’t Way, Coeur d’ Alene. Please visit Loyce’s online memorial and sign her guestbook at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.