WAYNE R. PRIOR
Wayne Romayne Prior died suddenly from complications associated with a fall in Bremerton, WA on November 19, 2016 at the age of 89. He was born in Carroll, Iowa on December 23, 1926 to Wallace and Mable Prior. Wayne dropped out of high school in 1944 to join the Navy and entered WWII.
Wayne met Loyce his future wife of over 65 years in Yetter, Iowa and they were married in Ft. Dodge, Iowa on March 15, 1948. The Navy sent Wayne on many deployments around the world and he had many different shore assignments from pushing "boots" to teaching electronics. Wayne obtained his QED while in the Navy and his last shore assignment sent him to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in 1959. The family, which now included four children, made Oak Harbor their home. Wayne retired from the Navy as a Senior Chief in 1964. He then entered the Civil Service and worked at the naval air station as an Electronics Calibration Technician until his final retirement in 1984.
Wayne was a member of several organizations which included the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge #2362, Fleet Reserve Association Branch 97, Veterans of Foreign Wars Whitehead-Muzzall Post 7392 and the Whidbey Island Lodge #15, Free & Accepted Masons. He enjoyed working in his garden, fishing and tinkering in his garage.
Wayne is survived by three children: Linda Sieffert of Rio Vista, CA; Thomas and Linda Prior of Bremerton, WA; Wallace Prior of Isleton, CA. Four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and ten great-great grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Loyce (2014), son Dennis Prior (1966) and son-in-law George Sieffert Jr. (2015).
A Celebration of Life for Wayne Prior will be held at Wallin Funeral Home on April 21, 2017 at 1:00pm with Chaplain David G. Lura, US Navy (Ret) officiating.
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