Ayers. Wayne Obituary

William Butler '51 said:

WAYNE PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO FROM DIABETES. HE LIVED ALONE IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO. I MET WAYNE AT COLOMA ELEMENTARY IN THE FORTIES. WE PLAYED BASEBALL TOGETHER. WAYNE PLAYED SOME BASEBALL AND PLAYED FAST PITCH SOFTBALL IN AND AROUND SACRAMENTO. AROUND 1991 I RUN INTO WAYNE AT A LOCAL PUB- CHEERS ON FOLSOM BLVD WHO WAS ATTENDED BY LARRY BOWA WHO HAD OWNED THE LIMELIGHT CLUB ON ALHAMBRA BLVD IN SACRAMENTO. I WAS TOLD OF THIS SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE IN SARAMENTO SO I CHECKED INTO IT AND PLAYED FOR THE NEXT 31 YEARS. I WAS ONE OF THE THREE FOUNDERS OF A SENIOR SOFTBALL TEAMS
CALLED THE ELK GROVE RENEGADES WHOM WAYNE AYERS PLAYED FOR ALSO ALONG WITH BOB SHEYA A GRADUATE OF 1951 SACRAMNENTO HIGH SCOOL WHO IS LIVING AT PRESENT IN WEST SACRAMENTO. IF ANYONE REMEMBERS BOB SHEYA HE WENT ON TO SING PROFESSIONALY FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS MOSTLY IN LAS VEGAS AND WAS VEY SUCESSFUL AS A BUSINES OWNER OF HIS OWN GROCERY STORE. BOTH BOB AN WAYNE WERE MY ROOM MATES AS WE TRAVELED THE WESTERN UNITED STATES PLAYING SENIOR SOFTBALL FOR THE ELK GROVE RENEGADES. THESE WERE GOOD TIMES.