Smokejumper Obituary: Dearstyne, Paul (North Cascades 1960)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Paul was born on July 11, 1936, in Schenectady, New York. He married Grace Marguerite Torgerson on December 30, 1966, in Polson, Montana. He then married Verna Fay Taylor on October 7, 1978, in Reno, Nevada. He died of cancer January 15, 1989, at the age of 52, in Boise, Idaho. Paul served in the Marine Corps 1954-57 and jumped at NCSB 1960-62. He earned his bachelor's in Forestry from the University of Montana and began his career with the BLM in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In 1976, he transferred to Boise where he worked as an appraiser.

Identifier

Dearstyne_Paul_North-Cascades_1960

Publication Date

May 2021

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Dearstyne, Paul (North Cascades 1960)" (2021). Smokejumper Obituaries. 112.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/112