Wayne Fredrick Lange

Death date: Dec 30, 2002

Wayne, age 64, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2002 at his home in Lacey where he waged an unsuccessful battle with cancer. He was born on June 3, 1938 in Cottonwood, ID, where he lived until 1943 when he parents Virgil and Read Obituary

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Anonymous

1190w ago

I had the pleasure of meeting Wayne 12 years ago while working with his dear friend Ron at a glass shop in Olympia. I enjoyed his frequent visits to the shop. He provided much entertainment to an otherwise ordinary day. Things just seemed to lighten up when "Wayne's World" as I called him, would stop by. I truly miss those days of Wayne and Ron stories and always will.
My husband Erick came to know Wayne years later while working for Longnecker Inc. He had this great idea to sell pools, but needed the knowledge and someone to install them, and teach him the ropes. Wayne provided him with much needed help, encouragement, wisdom, and friendship he will cherish and carry with him.
We both feel so blessed to have known Wayne. To all his family and friends, we are greatly sorry.
Goodbye dear friend. Thank you for your frienship!! All our love, Erick and Jodi Johanson##imported-begin##Erick & Jodi Johanson##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

Our sympathies to Wayne's family and friends on his untimely passing.
We will always remember the fun times at Han's tavern. We hadn't seen Wayne for a long time as we have all gone our seperate ways but he was and will always be missed.
Hello Ron and Bud. I am deeply sorry.
Marie Holmes
Gary and Sharon House
All the Holmes Family##imported-begin##Marie Holmes##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

I lost a great friend of many years, so many good times. The best to you and Sam and the rest of the family. Ron and Carla willis##imported-begin##ron willis##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

It has been many years since I have seen Wayne, but I remember the days at Busches and the people we all ran around with. My sympathy goes out to Claudia and all of her family.
Sue Barrett##imported-begin##Sue Barrett##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

I'm very sorry to hear of Wayne's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you, his family and friends. When thinking of Wayne, his wonderful smile always comes to mind. He was always smiling and teasing me. My memory of Wayne takes me back to when I was about 5 or 6 (30+ yrs ago). He was an employee of my Dad's, but back then, employees were like family. It seemed like we got together alot. Wayne and Ron were always teasing me (like big brothers might do). One night they came by the house, I was sitting, watching tv. Wayne ran up to me (a little too quickly) and Missy, our little dog jumped out of her bed with her teeth bared. We were all quite startled by Missy's "attack", but later we were joking around about it. As I look back, it makes me smile to remember all the good times and laughter we shared back then... Wayne will be missed, but the great memories will continue to live in our hearts. God Bless You Wayne!##imported-begin##Kim (Hoffman) Pollock##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

We just returned from Ca and learned of Wayne's passing. After I e-mailed Kim about Wayne, we started thinking back over the years that he worked for us at City Glass along with Ron and Allen and the rest of the crew. Our first thought was the same thing Kim referred to, Missy's "attack" on Wayne in our family room. Another
was the time he came to our place in Eastern Washington towing his little 12' trailer, got lost, ran off the road, ended up sitting on a steep angle in the bar pit. He climbed into the trailer, hung on for dear life and tried to sleep until it was light and he could figure out where he went wrong. There are so many good memories of those days. The last time we saw Wayne was in 1988 when Herm retired and Wayne gave him a bottle of Scotch in a "Wayne-made" Lumpuff bag. Lumpuff material was the scourge of all trimmers, but Wayne made it work and Herm still has the bag. Our sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with his family and all
his many friends past and present.##imported-begin##Herm & Bea Hoffman##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

On behalf of Wayne's family, thank you for taking the time to sign in and share some of your memories. Your names are all familiar to me from years ago and even though our paths have not crossed recently I remember your names from Wayne's conversations with our family. Again we thank you for your thoughtfullness.##imported-begin##Claudia Shimko##imported-end##

Anonymous

1190w ago

Had many good times with Wayne at the Drag Races. Doug##imported-begin##Doug Dodge##imported-end##

Anonymous

1191w ago

Just to let you know our thoughts and sympathy are with all of you. My husband, Terry, worked with Wayne at City Glass and they were very good friends. We did lose contact with him the past few years but whenever we think of those days Wayne and Ron Willis are always in our memory of the good times. Wayne was a great guy and was loads of fun, he will be so missed by family and friends.##imported-begin##Terry & Jan Farning##imported-end##

Anonymous

1191w ago

Wayne and Len did some upholstery work together and we knew Wayne for about 20 years. He will be missed##imported-begin##Len & Sandy Davis##imported-end##

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