Cowlitz-King County WA Archives Obituaries.....Mann Jr.,  Ernest Wayne     December 14, 2005
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Published in The Daily News on 12/20/2005.

Wayne Mann, born in Tacoma and a lifelong Washington state native and powerboat 
lover, sailed to new waters Wednesday, December 14, 2005. 

He was born to Ernest Wayne Mann, Sr., and Ingrid (Hollingen) Mann on May 14, 
1925. A graduate of Stadium High School and the College of Puget Sound (now 
UPS) with a master's in education from the University of Oregon, Wayne was an 
innovative and passionate educator and coach. He began his education career at 
Toutle Lake, later moving to R.A. Long High School in Longview, then later 
became vice principal and retiring as principal at Mark Morris High School, 
also in Longview. Overall, he served 24 years in the Longview school district. 
In retirement, he served as a leader for more than 20 years of the Washington 
State Teachers Retirement Association. He was well known in Olympia as a highly 
knowledgeable, respected and fair advocate for better benefits for teachers. In 
1998, he helped lead successful passage of Gain Sharing benefits for retired 
teachers. Wayne was an eternal optimist and fighter for the underdog. While at 
Mark Morris High School, he initiated several cutting edge programs that exist 
today. They included those to help pregnant teenage students obtain their 
diplomas and the mainstreaming of disabled and mentally challenged students, 
where he involved student athletes in helping ensure the classroom acceptance 
of the kids he sought to help. Both programs were highly successful, as was a 
program to work with dropouts and potential dropouts. Wayne was an excellent 
basketball player and track athlete. He held the College of Puget Sound's high 
jump record for 25 years, medaled in that event at the Caledonian Games in 
Canada for Olympic hopefuls and was captain of the Stadium High School track 
team. He played basketball for Stadium High and the University of Washington. 
He enjoyed attending the Pierce County "old jocks" meetings and following 
University of Washington athletics, where he was a 25-year Husky football 
season ticket holder. He was also president of Kappa Sigma fraternity at CPS. 
Wayne loved his grandkids, Evan Mann and Olivia DeVries of Bellingham and Sam 
and Elle Walters of Tacoma. He was a member of Tacoma Elks Lodge #174, and a 
long-time member of Rotary International and the Longview Country Club. 

Wayne was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Donna Mann (Thompson), 
also a Tacoma native. 

He is survived by his son, Mike Mann (Johanna DeVries) of Bellingham; and 
daughter, Wendy Mann Walters (Mike) of Tacoma; and sister, Marilyn (Ed) 
Wozeniak of Bellevue. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be 
made to Mark Morris High School's Wayne Mann Special Education Life Skills 
Memorial Fund. 

A celebration of Wayne's life will be held Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 1:00 
p.m. at Tuell-McKee Funeral Home in Tacoma. Please sign the guest book at 
www.tdn.com/obits  


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