Paige Lorraine Brown
F
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Kyle Reese Dexter
M
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Leah Teixeira
F
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Theodore Joseph Teixeira
M
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Sandra Marie Teixeira
F
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Joseph Manuel Teixeira
M
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Margaret Jones
F
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Keith William Sawyer
M
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Children of Keith William Sawyer and Linda (?)
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Meredith Ann Sawyer
F
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Christopher Neil Sawyer
M
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Laura Denise Sawyer
F
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Children of Laura Denise Sawyer
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Michael Richard Sawyer
M
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Gary Allen Sawyer
M, b. 15 December 1963, d. probably on 1 October 1995
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| Birth* | Gary Allen Sawyer was born on 15 December 1963 at Boston City Hospital in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG. |
| Death* | Gary died probably on 1 October 1995 on San Juan Island, WashingtonG.1 |
| Gary graduated high school in the Boston area then joined the Army National Guard where he eventually met his wife, who was from Puyallup, Washington. They moved out to Washington state after their marriage, and Gary tried out college and different jobs during his marriage. After they divorced he moved to Roche Harbor on San Juan Island, which is in the bay between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, and was a bartender for several years until his death.
Gary died by his own hand. He was engaged to be married a second time and when the engagement was broken off he committed suicide. He did it in the woods on San Juan Island and his body wasn't discovered until April of 1998. It then took until 9 June 1998 to confirm that it was him and issue a death certificate. The police are sure that he died on 1 October 1995 but that can't be confirmed.
The two articles below are from The Jouirnal of the San Juan Islands. First, from May 6, 1998, p.3A:
BODY FOUND ON SJI YET TO BE IDENTIFIED
Human remains discovered late afternoon April 27 off Roche Harbor Road are awaiting identification at the King County Medical Examiner's office.
Sheriff Bill Cumming said authorities reponded to the area around 5 p.m. to find what appeared to be the remains of a man. Due to the fact they had been in the elements 'well over a year,' he said, a forensic anthropologist will be summoned to investigate.
The name of the man may be known by the end of the week, he noted, adding that he has medical and dental records of 'a possible' identity for the deceased. 'But the cause at this point is conjecture and speculation.' "
This article followed on June 17, 1998, p.6A:
Body is local bartender's; took his life
By P. Allyn Harvey, Journal Reporter
A mostly decomposed body found in the woods along Roche Harbor Road has been identified as Gary Sawyer.
The 32-year-old father of two was reported missing in September, 1995. His body was found in late April on a lot near the Duck Soup restaurant.
Sawyer died from a single gunshot to the head, said Sheriff Bill Cumming. The sheriff said there was evidence found at the time Sawyer first disappeared that he had taken his own life.
Notes found in Sawyer's apartment in late 1995 and on the body this spring led investigators to believe that the body belonged to the local bartender. But nearly five weeks were needed to find dental records that could positively identify the remains as Sawyer's.
It was a very rough five weeks waiting for a positive identification," said Sawyer's mother, Barbara Frazier.
I knew it was going to be him," she admitted. "He just couldn't go two-and-a-half years without contacting me."
Sawyer was a bartender by trade who worked at several local bars and restaurants. "He was well known and well liked and had been on the island for several years," Cumming said.
Sawyer was born and raised in Massachusetts. After graduating high school in [the] Boston area, he joined the Army National Guard and tried out college and different jobs. His mother said he was a good student, but felt college was a waste of time.
He told me, 'Why should I pay someone to teach me what I already know.' "
In the early 1990s, Sawyer married a woman from Puyallup [Washington] whom he met in the Army. They moved to Washington with their two children, Gabrielle and Gary, Jr., but eventually divorced.
Sawyer moved to the islands following the divorce and began tending bar at Roche Harbor. His mother said Sawyer was at home behind a bar.
He just kept everybody laughing. He was a very happy person most of the time," she said. "That's why he became a bartender -- he could act out without getting in trouble."
Sawyer became despondent after breaking up with a woman he was dating on the islands. Frazier said he told her that many of his friends shunned him following the break-up.
Frazer plans to hold a memorial service for her son next spring in Boston. In the meantime, his remains are being cremated and sent to her home in Omaha, Neb.
Gary Sawyer is survived by his mother Barbara Frazier, his children Gary Sawyer Jr., 9, and Gabrielle Sawyer, 7, two sisters, Pamilla Murphy, Julie Lippman and a brother, Tyrone Sawyer." |
Citations
- Barbara Irene (Sawyer) Frazier of Tucson, Arizona, emails dated 19-20 Apr 2000. Barbara was Gary's mother.
Tyrone Michael Sawyer
M
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Pamilla Michele Sawyer
F
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Carl Robert Edmunds
M, b. 28 October 1940, d. 6 October 2004
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Citations
- Massachusetts Vital Records, Births, 1940, v.68, p.172.
- Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, http://www.rootsweb.com, (date viewed 14 Jan 2010).
Julie Louise Edmunds
F
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Gary Allan Sawyer Jr.
M
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Gabrielle Lucia Sawyer
F
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Ramalita "Remy" Espinoza
F
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Samantha Marie Childs
F
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Robert Joseph Childs
M
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Marianne Teixeira
F
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James Brooks Giddinge
M
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Keith Erlon Giddinge
M
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Aaron Glenn Teixeira
M
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Child of Aaron Glenn Teixeira
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Marjorie Susan Burrell
F
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Theodore William Teixeira
M
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Janice Irene Schneider
F, b. 15 November 1962, d. 25 October 2002
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Thomas James Teixeira
M
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