Rick Peargin, 59, passed away March 21, 2023.
He was born July 12, 1963, in Fresno, Calif., to Douglas Wayne Peargin and Susan Kay Wiesick.
His family moved to Sweet Home in 1973, where he graduated high school in 1981 and went on to attend Willamette University and Linn Benton Community College, earning a degree in water/wastewater plant operations.
Rick married Elaine Gaskey, his wife of 35 years, in 1987. In 1995, they moved to…