John was the 3rd of 9 children born to Garret and Gwendolyn (Holly) LaMar. He grew up in Froid, Montana working on the family farm. After graduating high school in 1959 he joined the US Army. His service time took him to Bamberg, Germany where he met the love of his life Elisabeth Stocker in February 1961 and they were married on May 12th, 1962 and had just celebrated their 62nd anniversary.
After leaving the service they settled in Lakewood, California. They had two boys, Ronald and Rick. John worked for Chevron Oil company for 23 years after which he worked in various places until he fully retired.
They moved to Oregon in 1995 over Memorial Weekend.
John and Liz enjoyed time together traveling, bowling, gardening and the occasional trip to Las Vegas. John bowled in several National Tournaments with Liz and friends.
In recent years, John had become less involved in life because of the Alzheimer’s that dominated his life and causing him to not remember much beyond his early years.
John leaves behind wife, Elisabeth, sons Ronald and Rick (Linda) LaMar; 7 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren; sisters Louise Whitley and Lori Floodine; and brothers Gary and Jimmy LaMar.
A memorial service will be held later in the summer.
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