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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>ATTN:
</span></font></b><b><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'>Mr. Samuelson, <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Sorry to send this email <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>to the list </span></font>but I can’t find where this
can be posted on the Baker County Home Page.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Wayne E. Pierce died 9 October 2009<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>, </span></font>is the grandson of Oscar
Marion Pierce & Eva Ann Hassen and Richard Boyer<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> & </span></font>Hulda Viola Frazee, early pioneer of
Baker County, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Wayne Everett Pierce, 67, of Tangent, a
former longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 9, 2009, at his home. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>At his request, there will be no funeral. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Wayne</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'> was born at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hereford</st1:City></st1:place> on <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Jan</st1:PersonName>. 12, 1942 to David Pierce and Marge
Boyer-Pierce. He attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baker</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>In his early adulthood he worked for and
lived with his aunt Effie and uncle Leslie on the Wellman Ranch. He also served
in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>
National Guard. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>He moved on to the Burnt River Lumber Co
and then became a street foreman for the Baker City Public Works Department. In
the 1970s he began his own contracting business. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>He was on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Baker</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Council that was responsible for building the new fire station. He was an
active member and officer of the Baker Elks Lodge. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>He helped build <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sam-O</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Swim</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and reconstruct Highway 86 after
the Hole in the Wall landslide. He also built and maintained many roads for the
U.S. Forest Service and Ellingson Lumber Co. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>During this time he was married to Shirley
Steele-Pierce. The couple had three children. He passed on his values of hard
work and the importance of paying attention to details to all of his children. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>They spent weekends as a family on
Brownlee Reservoir in the summer at a dock they co-owned with several friends
and affectionately called each other “The River Rats.” He helped
teach all three kids to water ski, a pastime they all love to this day. His
favorite wintertime activity was riding snowmobiles. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>In 1985, he moved to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Willamette</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and began a long career as a union equipment operator. He worked for the larger
companies of Kiewit, Emery and Sons and Sullivan Construction. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>While living at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Albany</st1:City></st1:place> he met and was remarried to Sheryl
Castoe. He loved country music and old Western movies and he enjoyed spending
Sunday afternoons barbecuing for friends and family. He retired in 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Survivors include his wife, Sheryl of
Albany; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Clifton and Jackie Pierce of Big
Lagoon, Calif., and Keith and Robin Pierce of Tillamook; stepchildren, Tammy
Nelson and her husband, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">John</st1:PersonName>, Troy
Castoe, Todd Kilgore and Tadd Kilgore, all of Albany; his aunt, Effie Turner;
daughter, Lisa Xeros-VandenBos and her husband, Todd; son, Wayne Pierce and
Melissa Hertel, and son, Shane Pierce, and his wife, Tammy, all of Baker
City; 13 grandchildren; and nine nieces and nephews. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Condolences and remembrances may be sent
to Sheryl Pierce at <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">31945 Rolland
Drive, No. 12</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Tangent</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OR</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97389</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face="Brush Script MT"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'>Respectfully</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'>Babe
Fain</span></font></b></strong></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
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