LOUIS W. BERGEVIN (1922-1998) LUETTA DRESSER (Seth + Hazel Coyan) (Fred H. + Anna Neddenriep) Seth Bergevin > Louis Xavier + Lillian L. Heppe > François-Xavier + Célina Hébert > Louis + Josephte Moisan > Joseph + M. Josephte Primeau > Louis + M. Jopsephte Parent > Louis + Marguerite Tessier > Jean + Marie Piton BERGEVIN, Louis Wilson (Reno G-J; 1998-2-24) MINDEN - Louis Wilson Bergevin, 75, a Carson Valley rancher and who served 14 years in the Nevada Assembly, died Feb. 19,1998, at Washoe Medical Center, Reno. A Gardnerville native, he was born June 22, 1922 to Seth U. and Hazel Coyan Bergevin. He attended Gardnerville Grammar School, Douglas County High School and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada. He was a major in the Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he returned to ranching and served eight years on the local school board, followed by 11 years on the State Board of Education, and was president from 1961 to 1970. After leaving the state education panel, he served four years on the state Tax Commission. Elected to the Assembly in 1978, be served until 1992, holding various leadership slots and serving on Government Affairs, Taxation, Ways and Means and other key committees. He was a member of the Nevada and National Cattlemen's Associations and was Nevada's Cattleman of the Year in 1971. A brother, Donald W., died in 1997. Surviving are wife, Luetta (DressIer) and sister, Lillian Bergevin, both of Minden; son, Lee W. of Sparks; daughter, Jeanne Russell of Carson City; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Carson Valley United Methodist Church, Minden, with burial at the Fredricksburg Cemetery. Memorials are being established with the church's building fund, Box 287, Gardnerville 89410 or Carson Valley Historical Society, 1477 Highway 395 N., Gardnerville 89410. Arrangements are under the direction of Walton's Douglas County Mortuary.