Dr. Everett Winslow Lovrien

The 5th of 7 children, Ev spent his first years on a tenant farm in Eagle Grove, Iowa, with a house that had no running water or electricity. His first schooling was in a one-room school house, with 12 students (including brother Rex and sister Eunice). At 9, his family moved off the farm to live in Sac City, where his father, Charles found a job as superintendent of the Rural Electrification Administration and the family finally had a home with electricity! When Ev’s parents divorced in the 40’s, he hitchhiked from Iowa to California to be with his mother, Lelah, and younger sister, Lynn. Although underage, he got a job with Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, fabricating parts for medium range bombers. One of his teachers back in Iowa hadn't forgotten him and saw his potential. Eleanor Knoll wrote to him, urging him to come back to Sac City to finish high school. So he did. He left Burbank on a single cylinder Royal Enfield motorcycle. When the engine failed, he hopped a freight train , riding the rails back to Iowa. He did finish high school, and in 1949, followed his 4 older brothers, Warren, Leland, Harry, and Rex, all WWII veterans, to the University of Minnesota. They ended up sharing a house with their mother and little sister in Dinkeytown.

In 1952, after three years as a zoology major, Ev enlisted in the Army and was told that with his university background, he would probably be assigned a clerical job in Germany, but with training completed, he was shipped to Korea as a rifleman, private, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Soon after he was on duty, his corporal was shot, so his Lieutenant said: “Lovrien, you are now the corporal”. Not many days later, the sergeant was shot. The Lieutenant said: “Lovrien, you are now the sergeant”. Later, Sergeant Lovrien was asked to accept a battlefield commission as Lieutenant. He turned that down and instead solidified his plans to go to medical school to become a doctor. Everett survived combat in Korea in the Battles for Old Baldy, Three-Fingered Jack and Pork Chop Hill. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman’s badge. When the Korean War ended, Everett returned to the U of M and appeared before the Medical School Admission Board. When asked if he had taken Physical-Chemistry, he replied that he’d received an A. The Board replied, ”you’re in!”

On July 21, 1956, Everett married Renée Antoinette Skarda, a nursing student at St Mary’s Hospital in Minneapolis. During his last 2 years of medical school, the couple lived in the Anoka State Hospital. They had an apartment in one of the large cottages which housed patients with tuberculosis and schizophrenia,

where they received lodging in return for tending to patients. The patients would often stand on one another’s shoulders to peek through the transom window of their cottage to get a glimpse of the couple's beautiful new baby daughter Kathleen. Their growing family followed Dr. Lovrien across the United States and to Scotland as he pursued advanced degrees and research. By the time they settled in Portland, Oregon, Everett had become the director of the Hemophilia Clinic at OHSU and their family had grown to 9, with 4 daughters and 3 sons. During his career, he had the distinct pleasure of involvement in all 3 desirable areas of medicine: teaching, research, and medical practice.

After retirement, Everett met his second wife, Pierrette and settled in Fairview, where he entertained and traveled to visit Pierrette’s family in Spokane, Washington and France. Sadly, Pierrette passed away in 2010, but Everett continued to enjoy life with his children, grandchildren, woodworking, reading and writing. Everett had the fortune of meeting Masako through a neighbor across the street. They married and enjoyed many years together in their home overlooking Fairview Lake, traveling, gardening and entertaining. Masako lovingly cared for Everett during his most painful days later in life.

Everett is survived by his wife, Masako, sister Lynn (Fred), his 7 children Kathleen, Jennifer, Julie, Mary, Christopher, Nicholas, and Jesse, by his 11 grandchildren Aaron (Alaine), Laura, Adam (Kaitlyn), Dhara,

Corra, Jack, Henry, Delilah, Ruby, Lucia and Finley, and 4 great-grandchildren Gracie, Laylah, Everett, and Hazel. (with one more on the way).