Dave Severn

The best use of your life is to so live your life that the use of your life will outlive your life. Dave Severn went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on May 25, 2021. He was born March 12th, 1945, in Twin Falls, Idaho. Dave, the second of three children born to Allen and Kitty Severn, grew up in Boise. He loved hunting, fishing, and spending his days in the great outdoors. In high school he participated in football and track, where he discovered his incredible talent for speed. He was an Idaho State Champion sprinter whose records still stand today. While attending the University of Idaho, he met the love of his life, Janice. They married July 19th, 1969. The newly commissioned U.S. Army Officer and his bride were assigned their first duty station in Stuttgart, Germany. They spent their first three and a half years of their marriage serving their country in southern Germany. In 1972, upon completion of their military tour of duty, they returned to Boise, Idaho, with their first born son Dodd, and their many precious mementos. He became a CPA to provide for his family and started their Amway business in February 1977. On July 7, 1978, while attending a nondenominational Christian worship service in Spokane, Washington, they both became born-again Christian Believers. Dave and Jan moved to Spokane in 1982, where they built an incredible life together. They adopted two more wonderful children, Tyler and Kacie, and spent their days with their financial freedom, traveling, serving others, and pouring love and pure joy into all who came into their lives. Jan went to her heavenly home on September 11th, 2011, in Dave's loving arms. His heart broke that day and never really healed. When Dave took his last breaths, his daughter Kacie comforted him. At the time of death, he was surrounded by his loving son Dodd, Kacie, and his granddaughter Frankie. He was loved. He had a beautiful life filled with no regrets. He did it all. During the last few days of his life his daughter said, "Well Dad?, You did very well with your dash". He said, "I'm all dashed out," in reference to the dash between the date born until the date he died. He was a loving Husband, Father, and Leader. He is survived by his son Dodd and his wife Renae and their four children Jordan, Matthew, Hailey, and James; his son Tyler; and his daughter Kacie Foos and her husband Michael Foos and their daughter Frankie, his brother Charles Severn and his wife Elsie, and many other nieces, nephews and cousins. We love Dave so very much and we look forward with great anticipation to seeing him again in Heaven. In lieu of flowers, Dave requested that donations be made to the Tennessee PKU Foundation. Dave's granddaughter Frankie, was born with the disorder. https://tennesseepku.org