BRIEFLY : FUNERAL SCHEDULED FOR WRITER DEVORE.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Hillside Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles for screenwriter Gary Devore, who was found dead inside his truck after it was recovered from the California Aqueduct earlier this month.

Devore, 55, disappeared June 28, 1997, while on his way home to Carpinteria from Santa Fe, N.M., where he had been working on a script at actress Marsha Mason's home.

Amateur detective Douglas Crawford of San Diego led police to the aqueduct site after retracing Devore's route. On July 8, authorities found Devore's skeletal remains in the driver's seat of his Ford Explorer, submerged in 12 to 15 feet of water below the Antelope Valley Freeway south of Palmdale.

Devore is survived by his wife, Wendy Oates-Devore of Carpinteria; his father, David Devore, of Los Angeles; and sister Diane Parrish of Los Angeles.

Hillside Memorial Cemetery is located at 6001 Centinela Ave. in Los Angeles.

Though the service is open to the public and media, no cameras will be allowed inside, said Devore publicist Michael Sands.