He was born July 21, 1944, in Sparta to Thoburn and Freda (Emry) Devine. He grew up in Wilton and graduated from Wilton High School in 1962.

Doug was a C.N.A. at the Mendota Mental Hospital in Madison. He served in the U.S. Army for two years and was stationed in Germany. He married the former Karen Krall in Janesville, Wis., on Aug. 3, 1968. After marriage they lived in California, where he did his barber training.

They moved back to Sparta in 1969. Doug worked as a barber for 10 years. He then dairy farmed for 25 years and then worked as a C.N.A. at the Tomah Veterans Administra-tion Medical Center for four years. He was a member of Sparta United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Karen of Sparta; a son, David (Carmen Hatfield) Devine of Sparta; three grandsons, Jesiah, Jaequinn, Jaiden; a brother, Leonard (Donna) Devine) of Janesville; and four sisters, Lois (George) Newman of Wilton, Wis., Clara (Robert) Haldeman of Sparta, Virginia Faulkner of Manitowoc, Wis., and Joyce (Richard) Garvoille of Janesville.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Jeremy, on Feb. 24, 2005.

Memorial services will be Tuesday at noon at United Methodist Church, Sparta, with the Rev. David Carlson officiating.

Friends may call at Lanham-Miller Funeral Home, Sparta, on Monday from 5 until 7 p.m. and at the church on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the time of services.