Dave Nowell

Dave Nowell passed away May 23rd, 2022 at the age of 63 years old. Born in Coulee Dam, Washington to Kenneth and Margret Nowell. Spending most of his life in the Pacific Northwest, he graduated from Evergreen High school in 1976, after which he joined the United States Navy. Holding much pride in his accomplishments completing DWEST School (deep water environment survival training) and SERE School (survival, evasion, resistance and escape training) to become a Non-Acoustic Operator flying in a P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare patrol aircraft. Those vital four years became the core values he would live by until his last day-Honor, Courage and Integrity. When his military contract ended, he came back to Washington to pursue a degree at Clark College, while also working at the Skill Center as a Digital Services Instructor. At that time the Evergreen School's District Offices contracted out technical support from the Skill Center. This is where he met his beautiful wife Darla Munger. They were married July 4th, 1987. After a time, being married to his true soul mate, they decided to take a leap of faith. His deep belief in wanting to raise a strong, independent family, in 2011 they relocated to Phoenix, Arizona to open a Martial Arts Academy. Dave's three children Abe, Alyssa and Emily, along with his wife, built and ran the school over the next 10 years. In addition, he also kept a full time job as a Sales Engineer/Solutions Architect working for multiple companies over the years, such as Dell, WMware and World Wide Packets. Dave was a true teacher, who believed in not just living your life day to day, but choosing a path to create strength and resilience. He wanted to impact people's lives and instill vital leadership skills. There is no one else in the world he accomplish this goal more than with his own children. His legacy lives through them, always applying his teachings in their everyday lives. After a time, his children all grown, his heart longed to be back in the Pacific Northwest. Here he and Darla started to build a new homestead. His favorite past time was building projects, planting and tending to his beautiful yard he had created with his own two hands. Ending the day sitting outside drinking coffee and chatting with his wife. It's only fitting that his memorial service be worthy of a man who gave so much of his life to serving his family. It will be held at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum (by invitation only) on Saturday July 9th, 2022 surrounded by military aircraft's. As his death was quite unexpected, in lieu of sending flowers his family has created a GoFundMe account to assist with medical expenses. Your support is greatly appreciated and his presence will be deeply missed. GoFundMe_DaveNowell https://gofund.me/296ad15d

Dave Nowell

July 30, 1958 - May 23, 2022