Dec. 29, 1936 - Jun. 6, 2016
Date of Service: Jun. 11, 2016
Dwayne B. Harrison passed away unexpectedly at his home in Burley at the age of 79. He was born December 29, 1936 in Rupert to Austin A. Harrison and Edith Bywater. He attended school in Rupert, ID and his family moved to Grace, ID in 1953 where he graduated from High School. He was not happy to leave his friends but he soon realized he could keep his friends in Rupert along with his new friends in Grace. He worked the summer after graduation in Rupert and that fall attended Ricks College. In Febrary 1957 he was called on an LDS Mission to the states of Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia for two years. Upon returning from his mission he met his wife Sharon Koyle Harrison at a stake dance on May 2, 1959. and they were were married July 22, 1959. He started teaching school at the Heyburn Elementary School after completing his Associate Degree from Ricks College. He attended summer school for about eight years and finally completed his Bachelors Degree from Brigham Young University. He taught school for 33 years in Heyburn. Dwayne's main hobby was working. During this time he worked at Ore Ida Foods, drove school bus for 17 years, worked at the Ponderosa Golf Course as a mower and irrigator for 13 summers. He worked as a custodian at the central school office in Burley, where his wife was business manager for several years. He usually had 2 or 3 jobs all the time. When he was young he and his brothers thinned a lot of beets. In 1985 he purchased his wife's parents farm in Willow Creek 10 miles south of Burley where he resided at the time of his death. He loved taking care of his yard, garden but most of all He loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was so looking forward to having 4 new great grand children this year.
He is survived by his wife Sharon, three daughters, Marla Helms, Tonya and Nick Durfee, Roxann and Kerry Searle and one son Laren Harrison, three brothers Rollo and Gladys Harrison, Lloyd and Ilene Harrison, Val and Jan Harrison, 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Autsin and Edith Harrison, his wifes's parents Ruth Haycock, Eldon Silas Koyle and second dad Robert Moncur, his sister Betty Gibson, and two grandchildren Angela and Albert Durfee.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2016 at the View LDS 2nd Ward Viewing for family and friends will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. at the Morrison-Payne Funeral chapel, 321 East Main St. Burley. Services will conclude with burial in the Pleasant View cemetery. Services are under the direction of Hansen Mortuary. Online condolences may be left at hansen-mortuary.com
Funeral Service
Date of Service: Jun. 11, 2016
