Pescador - 1-7-2010 at 06:35 PM
Los Frailes, also known as Wayne Davy, passed away yesterday following a fight with bladder cancer. Many of you have used his services in the past to
install television with FTA and later with Dish Network and all of the Hughesnet customers in our part of the world either had him install your dish
or come in and correct an installation that someone else did but was not working right. He and his stepson, Mario traveled all over the peninsula
installing systems for a lot of people and he will be sorely missed. Mario plans on carrying on with the business while he attends College so if you
need assistance please give him a call.
For those of us who were close friends with Wayne, while he could be a little cranky at times ( his old military ways)but he had a heart as big as
all outdoors and generally went overboard in his service and help.
This is an insidious disease that has claimed my wife and now one of my best friends in the last 6 months and I certainly hope for the day when they
find some cures for this terrible malady.
Wayne, you will truly be missed.
Diver - 1-7-2010 at 06:41 PM
Very sad news.
My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
fishbuck - 1-7-2010 at 06:42 PM
Sorry to hear about your friend. I remember his posts on here.
longlegsinlapaz - 1-7-2010 at 06:53 PM
Wayne was a caring individual, all around nice guy & he will be missed!
Russ - 1-7-2010 at 06:54 PM
RIP my friend
DENNIS - 1-7-2010 at 07:13 PM
I am so sorry to hear this. I was just wondering the other day about Nomads who have gone missing and I thought of you.
DEP, Wayne.
tripledigitken - 1-7-2010 at 08:27 PM
RIP
It's been a sad day with the news of 2 lovers of baja passing. Drives the point home to not wait too long to do what you love.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Ken
Paulina - 1-7-2010 at 08:36 PM
I'm very sorry and will miss him on the Nomad board.
Our best wishes to those who knew him personally and will feel his loss.
P<*)))>{
WAYNE WAVING FROM ON HIGH!
ELINVESTIG8R - 1-7-2010 at 08:39 PM
[Edited on 1-8-2010 by ELINVESTI8]
DianaT - 1-7-2010 at 08:40 PM
Pescador,
I did not know your wife lost her battle---I am so sad. I just see that wonderful smile on her face when she returned to her little house in
Baja---the one of her fishing that you posted. I am so sorry. Remembering that picture brings tears.
While I never met Wayne, I e-mailed and talked to him on the phone a number of times when we were considering satelite---a real loss and my thoughts
are also with his family.
Lost a close friend this year---the father of my children to Renal Cell Cancer---it is the pits and takes our loved ones far too early.
Thank you for posting.
Diane
Sharksbaja - 1-7-2010 at 09:17 PM
Seemed to me a regular gentleman here. He must have really loved Baja. Damn this time of year for the losing of loved ones.
A real shame. RIP Wayne.
btw, his avatar always made me look twice
RIP Wayne...
Juan del Rio - 1-7-2010 at 10:44 PM
I met Wayne through Baja Nomads about six years ago. I had read so many good things about him setting up systems, that I had him come over to San
Somewhere and fix our system at Juan y Juan's. He brought over Mario, his stepson Mario, and was teaching him the business (Mario is now doing the
work and is excellent). Wayne was quite the character for sure. A little rough on the edges, but always up front and fair on everything. You always
knew where you stood with him for sure. He will be missed and I am truly thankful that I had the opportunity to have him in my world and was able to
get to know him over these last few years. You are loved in Baja Wayne!
Skipjack Joe - 1-7-2010 at 11:02 PM
While I never met Wayne in person I always enjoyed his posts and felt as though I knew him. I'm sorry to find out that this is the Wayne you meant had
cancer and even sorrier to discover just how soon after receiving that news he passed away.
My best wishes to you and his family, Jim.
BajaNuts - 1-7-2010 at 11:16 PM
I've enjoyed Wayne's ( Los Frailes's) posts.
My prayers are for his family, and also for Pescador and family,
Iflyfish - 1-8-2010 at 12:20 AM
Our world is a bit smaller....sad.
Iflyfish
Cypress - 1-8-2010 at 06:02 AM
Pescador, Sorry to hear of the loss of your wife as well as your friend.
Via con dios, los frailes
Pompano - 1-8-2010 at 06:47 AM
Like everyone of us who knew Wayne, I was deeply saddened when I was told of his passing. I know Wayne has been fighting his battle with cancer for
some time.
My sympathies to his family and friends who mourn his death. Baja was the better for him, as he added his 'special thing' to the mix. Not one to
minch words and always gruffly nice, I liked him a lot. The times I spend watching television and being online in Baja are due in no small part to
Wayne. He brought us all some form of satisfaction and had the know-how to accomplish what most of us oldtimers would consider a miracle.
We are sad to say goodbye to another Baja affecianado.
He passed on his legacy to Mario and every time I have Mario over to correct this or that satellite dish, I will recall Wayne gently teaching him the
trade.
dean miller - 1-8-2010 at 09:14 AM
Pescador,
Mrs. Miller and I were aware that your dear wife was ill but some how, some way, hoped for a miracle that she was in remission, but was afraid to
inquire of her condition -- today we became aware that she is no longer with us.. So sad-- you certainly have our deepest condolences which we can
only send over this impersonal electronic highway.
So many memories-- I vividly recall our first meeting at Camachos-- we beached in our yellow kayaks and met you all with the long ocean going
kayaks...A bond was created that has endured all theses many good years, The fishing, the meals, the great conversations, the deep friendship...
Now Wayne Davy.. Two dear long term friends in one day from such a small tight knit community !
We visited Wayne and Monica often and on occasion also broke bread with them.
Wayne and I had many commonalities; both were USAF veterans and along with Elinvesti8 we shared a common heritage, however Wayne was from Idaho and
did not have family in the Mexican colonies as we did.
It was during the conversations with Mrs. Miller that Wayne's eyes lit up. Prior to entering the academic world Mrs Miller was a V/P of a electronic
manufacturing company. They could and often visited for hours discussing the latest electronic devices.
If you have the opportunity please extend our personal condolences to his widow Monica, his children Jonny, Viviana and Mario as we certainly extend
to you and yours.
The great American author Thomas Wolfe wrote two monumental books "Look homeward angel" and "You can't go home again." And indeed he was correct for
we know we can never go home again to SLC, for it will never be the same; The weather will never be as warm, the sun will not be as bright, the water
will not be as clear and the fishing will not be as much fun because of the deep vacancy created by the passing on Merica and Wayne...
SDM
[Edited on 1-8-2010 by dean miller]
Natalie Ann - 1-8-2010 at 09:34 AM
I'm sorry to hear of Wayne's death. While I did not know him personally, he was a kind and helpful member of nomads as well as of his Baja community.
He shall be missed. Prayers of support to his family and friends.
nena
capt. mike - 1-8-2010 at 09:48 AM
Jim - i never knew Wayne - but i was shocked to read your wife had passed.
i am so very sorry for your loss and will always remember our 1st meeting in nov 2001 at Ceilito Lindo bar when i was hauling my trailer south to
mulege.
we swapped some good flying stories amigo.
i too hung at Camachos for 3 extra nites under his palapas before i completed my trip to Serenidad.
take care and i hope to meet again.
CaboMagic - 1-8-2010 at 10:43 AM
Please accept and extend our condolences on the loss of your loved one, your friend, your companion.
We have learned of several family/friends/aquaintences/pets whose life ended too soon. Always does .. aint it true?
For those who believe, may there be comfort knowing their arrival in heaven was warmly welcomed.
Let there be peace on earth, and let it spread like wildfire.
vandenberg - 1-8-2010 at 11:01 AM
R.I.P. Wayne.
And Pescador, please accept my rather late condolences to the passing of your wife. May your memories lighten some of your grief.
BajaGringo - 1-8-2010 at 01:20 PM
So sorry to hear this. My condolences to his family and close friends.
RIP
Pescador, Thank You
Gypsy Jan - 1-8-2010 at 10:46 PM
For sharing about the passing of your friend and please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your beloved wife.
BCSTech - 2-3-2010 at 04:12 PM
I'm so very sorry to read this news only today, after stumbling upon this notice while looking for something else.
Although I had never met him, Wayne and I had traded some good satellite "war stories" by Email and phone. He was always ready with helpful advice. I
had hoped to get up his way and meet him someday. I last talked with him in late November when he had just received the bad news from the medical
center in San Diego.
Best wishes and sympathies to Wayne's family and friends. Be comforted in knowing he's getting all the channels now...
elizabeth - 2-3-2010 at 06:38 PM
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your wife. How hard to lose your friend as well.
Best wishes for you.