Brent David Dickinson died on March 28, 2019 at his home in Hermiston at the age of 44.
Brent was born on March 7, 1975 in Grandview, Wash. the only child of Cecelia and Bruce Dickinson.
When Brent was 18 months old his father (Bruce) died, so he and his mother moved to Hermiston. When he was 6, his mother married Richard (Rick) Drake. They lived in Hermiston.
Brent started school at Interfaith Christian School, a school and church his grandad, Bob Lovett, started and pastored (now Hermiston Christian School), where his mom and dad both worked. When he was in junior high, the family moved to Vallejo, Calif. for his dad to work as a carpenter. They moved back to Hermiston when he was a freshman, and he enrolled in Hermiston High School. At the beginning of his senior year, his dad got a wild idea to move to Alaska.
Brent eventually moved back to the Hermiston area and graduated from Hermiston High School in 1993. He married Kristen Hollovett and they had a son, Bryce. The couple eventually divorced.
Brent was an avid reader. He loved to skate-board, was an avid guitar player, and loved baseball and MMA, following many of the athletes’ careers closely. He was always a friend to the down and out, and those who needed help.
Brent had a “storied” life filled with many hills and valleys. He struggled with things many of us struggle with, gaining victory over some of those things, not so much others. He could have insight into people and situations many of us envied. He will be greatly missed, as 44 is much too young to be gone.
Brent is survived by his parents, Rick and Cecelia Drake, Heppner; sister, Janet, Ontario; foster brother, Jeremiah Garcia, Hermiston; longtime companion, Alyshia Bowe, Hermiston; son, Bryce Dickinson, Pendleton; 4-month-old grandson, Blake; as well as a whole host of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Brent was preceded in death by his grandparents, Bob and Agnes Lovett and Pearl and Dale Dickinson; son, Brok Palmer; cousin, Mac Lovett; aunt, Connie Lovett; and his birth father, Bruce Dickinson.
Donations to help cover funeral expense may be sent directly to Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, P.O. Box 289, Hermiston, Ore., 97838.
A celebration of life service and burial are pending and will be held at the Hermiston Cemetery.
Please share memories of Brent with his family at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
