Wayne S. Sharon

Wayne S. Sharon, of North Bend, WA was born October 5, 1942 in Lake City, Iowa to Ralph and Alice Sharon.

He passed away on September 17, 2014 at 71 years of age, at his home in North Bend, with his family all around him.

He moved to Washington State in 1959 at 17 years of age and started his first job, horse logging, for 2 years. In 1961 he worked for Lewis Scott for 2 years, in 1962 for Highlanders for 1 year, in 1963 with Scott paper for 2 years, and then by 1966 he started working for Weyerhauser from which he retired after 32 years of falling trees.

He was a member of the Moose Lodge, Post Snoqualmie Valley Lodge 1666 since 1983 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3529.

Wayne was a simple man’s man. He loved working in the outdoors with his cattle, projects on his backhoe and long walks in the woods on his property. Everywhere Wayne went he didn’t know a stranger. He had a contagious smile and a laugh wherever he went. He would always say, “Enjoy a little bit every day” and “have no regrets and go forward”.

Wayne is survived by his fiancé, Kay Webster, of North Bend, WA; his four children, Allan “Al” Sharon and wife Linda of North Bend, Dave Sharon and wife JJ of Douglas, WY, Jeff Sharon of Fall City, WA, daughter, Jennie Koplin of Bellevue, NE; stepchildren, Russell (Lori) Webster of Easton, WA, Robert (Kim) Webster of Covington, WA; He also had many nieces and nephews. He had six grandchildren and six step grandchildren. He will be sadly missed by all that new him.

A celebration of Wayne’s life will be held at a later date at the Eagle’s Hall in Snoqualmie.