1928
Mervin
2020
Mervin Lowell Dage
February 6, 1928 — April 7, 2020
Mervin Lowell Dage
After a short illness Mervin (Whitey) Lowell Dage was received by his Lord and Savior on April 7, 2020 at the age of 92.
Mervin was born to Clark and Edna (Palmer) Dage in Story Iowa on February 6th, 1928. When he was 9 years old his family moved to glide where he attended the 4th grade then moved to Roseburg where he attended Benson School for the 5th and 6th grades. After a short time in Hayward California in his 9th grade, the family returned to Roseburg where he attended Roseburg High school.
Whitey joined the Navy at the young age of 17 in December 1945, just after WWII ended. He served as a pharmacist mate in the Philippines His buddies were Louie and Ed Donalan where he in 1948 met the love of his life, Jessie Brundige at a dance and they were married April 23, 1949. They would have celebrated 71 years together just a few weeks after his passing. They were blessed with four children who he loved so very much, Richard Dage, Gerrie King, Karan Reed, and Frank Dage along with baby boy Jeremy Paul who died at birth. His family was so precious to him; he loved to take them camping, fishing, hunting, and just spending time with them and their families. In his younger years, he loved to dance and was a very good skate dancer. He loved motorcycles and was a well-known hardtop car racer. He had MANY trophies and even raced with Art Pollard before Art became and Indy 500 racer.
In the early years of marriage, he worked as a chimney sweep using a model A to haul his equipment. He always found his way to driving trucks. He worked for Flegel Moving & Storage driving a lowboy, drove a log truck for Uptagrave Logging in Glide, Ireland Trucking and owned his own log truck before owning a rock truck and working for his brother-in-law Frank Brundige who co-owned Brundige and Popkens Trucking. During these years they bought a home in Melrose which he remodeled and made a home to raise his family. In 1947 Whitey met his Lord and Savior in a powerful way. His life was dramatically changed, and he couldn’t help but tell everyone. For a few years, they moved to Arizona and worked with his life-long friend Harry Hagen. After returning from Arizona he worked for Roseburg Paving and then purchased a produce truck and worked for Pacific Fruit then he and Jessie started long-haul trucking carrying produce across the western United States. He was able to spend time with his nieces and nephews in California and shared his faith with them bringing them all to The Lord. He was a man who many looked up to and was humble and gentle to the end. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, brothers; Lynn and Herbert, sisters; Alice Veda and Doris and his infant son Jeremy Paul. We will miss you so much and look forward to the day when we can be together again.
A Celebration of Life will be arranged at a later date
To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of
Mervin Lowell Dage, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
After a short illness Mervin (Whitey) Lowell Dage was received by his Lord and Savior on April 7, 2020 at the age of 92.
Mervin was born to Clark and Edna (Palmer) Dage in Story Iowa on February 6th, 1928. When he was 9 years old his family moved to glide where he attended the 4th grade then moved to Roseburg where he attended Benson School for the 5th and 6th grades. After a short time in Hayward California in his 9th grade, the family returned to Roseburg where he attended Roseburg High school.
Whitey joined the Navy at the young age of 17 in December 1945, just after WWII ended. He served as a pharmacist mate in the Philippines His buddies were Louie and Ed Donalan where he in 1948 met the love of his life, Jessie Brundige at a dance and they were married April 23, 1949. They would have celebrated 71 years together just a few weeks after his passing. They were blessed with four children who he loved so very much, Richard Dage, Gerrie King, Karan Reed, and Frank Dage along with baby boy Jeremy Paul who died at birth. His family was so precious to him; he loved to take them camping, fishing, hunting, and just spending time with them and their families. In his younger years, he loved to dance and was a very good skate dancer. He loved motorcycles and was a well-known hardtop car racer. He had MANY trophies and even raced with Art Pollard before Art became and Indy 500 racer.
In the early years of marriage, he worked as a chimney sweep using a model A to haul his equipment. He always found his way to driving trucks. He worked for Flegel Moving & Storage driving a lowboy, drove a log truck for Uptagrave Logging in Glide, Ireland Trucking and owned his own log truck before owning a rock truck and working for his brother-in-law Frank Brundige who co-owned Brundige and Popkens Trucking. During these years they bought a home in Melrose which he remodeled and made a home to raise his family. In 1947 Whitey met his Lord and Savior in a powerful way. His life was dramatically changed, and he couldn’t help but tell everyone. For a few years, they moved to Arizona and worked with his life-long friend Harry Hagen. After returning from Arizona he worked for Roseburg Paving and then purchased a produce truck and worked for Pacific Fruit then he and Jessie started long-haul trucking carrying produce across the western United States. He was able to spend time with his nieces and nephews in California and shared his faith with them bringing them all to The Lord. He was a man who many looked up to and was humble and gentle to the end. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, brothers; Lynn and Herbert, sisters; Alice Veda and Doris and his infant son Jeremy Paul. We will miss you so much and look forward to the day when we can be together again.
A Celebration of Life will be arranged at a later date
To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of
Mervin Lowell Dage, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mervin Lowell Dage, please visit our flower store.
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