Coos County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bauer, George Russell September 18, 2009
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The Coquille Valley Sentinel - 10/13/2009
George Russell Bauer 
August 16, 1938 – September 18, 2009 

  A Celebration of Life will held at 5 p.m., Saturday, October 17 at the Dee 
La Von School of Massage, 1270 West 13th in Coquille. George Russell Bauer 
passed away peacefully at home on Friday, September 18, 2009 at the age of 71. 
He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.
 After graduating from high school in 1957, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. 
While based in San Diego, California, he met and married Elaine Phillips. They 
started their family while in southern California and in 1972, they moved to 
the Coos Bay area, where he worked in several lumber mills until 1979 when he 
was employed by Coos County Solid Waste until he retired in 2001. His hobbies 
included collecting coins and playing with a set of Lionel trains he had 
received as a child.
 George was a WWII history buff and was especially interested in the role the 
navy played in winning the war. He was a staunch conservative who enjoyed 
discussing politics with anyone who would listen. George was diagnosed with a 
rare degenerative brain disease called progressive supranuclear palsy. 
  For more than eight years he fought a courageous battle against this 
disease. He overcame many obstacles along the way while always retaining his 
dignity and sense of humor He is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and 
Rick Evans of Monmouth; daughter, Lynn Johnson, Bellevue, WA, and her 
companion, Galen Doud; daughter and son-in-law, Leigh and Ken Camp, Juneau, 
AK; daughter, Stacy Bauer, Salem; three grandchildren, Melissa Evans, Oregon 
City; Michael and Mitchell Evans, Monmouth; and his good buddy, companion and 
best friend, Ardell Carlson, Coquille. He was preceded in death by his wife, 
Elaine Bauer; his parents and sister, George, Tillie and Jeanine Bauer. In 
lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: CurePSP, Executive Plaza III, 11350 
McCormick Road Suite 906, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.






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