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Post by zeroposter on Aug 29, 2022 11:30:01 GMT -8
One of the great characters on the original Pure Orange board passed away this morning. An incredible Beaver fan who flew the Beaver flag on the top of a loading crane in the Coos Bay harbor. Rough character who was a great family man. RIP Wayne.
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Post by beaverdude on Aug 29, 2022 12:09:07 GMT -8
RIP Chips!
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Post by rob85 on Aug 29, 2022 12:40:29 GMT -8
Ah, Wayne was a great guy. RIP
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Post by jefframp on Aug 29, 2022 12:42:33 GMT -8
Wayne and I were the same age and the same age as Gill Coliseum. Sad. Heard it was prostate cancer.
:-(
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Post by zeroposter on Aug 29, 2022 13:07:07 GMT -8
Wayne and I were the same age and the same age as Gill Coliseum. Sad. Heard it was prostate cancer. :-( Pancreatic cancer. |
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Post by beavaristotle on Aug 29, 2022 13:15:17 GMT -8
Chips was a badass and a great beavers fan. RIP brother
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Post by babeav on Aug 29, 2022 13:34:45 GMT -8
Great guy sad to hear….we tailgated together for years, famous for his BBQ’d Oysters. Condolences to his wife Debbie…RIP Wayne.
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Post by lebaneaver on Aug 29, 2022 14:13:26 GMT -8
Damn. RIP, 'Chips.
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Post by osuft3 on Aug 29, 2022 16:16:46 GMT -8
One of my favorite tailgate buddies. Hop Sing in Chinatown was a classic. Wayne was a big time Beaver fan who will be missed. RIP brother. I hope you never run out of olives.
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Post by mbabeav on Aug 29, 2022 16:46:28 GMT -8
Considered him a friend and major fellow Beav. Dam, prayers to his family and another big hole in Beaver Nation.
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Post by kersting13 on Aug 29, 2022 19:25:00 GMT -8
Only interacted with him on the message boards, but definitely sad to hear of his passing. He added life to the Beaver boards.
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Post by steinlager on Aug 29, 2022 19:39:10 GMT -8
Always loved seeing his Beavs flag flying at the chip pile when we would troll past it fall Chinook fishing in Coos Bay.
RIP.
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Post by zeroposter on Aug 31, 2022 9:27:06 GMT -8
Wayne was a pure study of contrasts. At a Coos Bay bar one night, Wayne and I may have been tipping a few beers, and 2 guys come and sit down. Longshoremen. May have tipped several more beers. The next day we were at his house for a BBQ. Bad day of managing for Wayne at the chip terminal. Swore a blue streak at longshoremen. Yet, he maintained his Longshoreman membership until death and regularly worked the docks on weekends with his friends, the Longshoremen.
Same way with ducks. Absolutely hated ducks. Yet, we went to see him in Springfield at a bar and may have been tipping a few. duck football game on tv. All the other people at our table were duck fans—good friends of Wayne.
And politics. Wayne was conservative. Yet, a big number of his close friends were as liberal as Wayne was conservative. Just one of those guys who could put those things aside and still be Wayne.
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Post by cjbeav on Aug 31, 2022 10:09:13 GMT -8
Sad to hear..I go through Coos Bay often as I live south of Bandon. I'll have to tip a hat near the sawdust pile. I always looked to the flag when I drove by.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Aug 31, 2022 10:21:38 GMT -8
A great guy. So sorry to hear this. RIP to a true Beaver.
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