This was very sad to hear, and very unexpected. He seemed to be doing very well since his recovery from cancer. I didn't meet Paul until my early 20s, through his good friend Dave BERRY, but really enjoyed his company and his sense of humor. He was whip smart and the first computer programmer I'd ever met. I reconnected with him just a few years ago through Facebook, and was hoping to visit him someday. I will also miss his blazing political posts on Facebook. :)
Paul and I knew each other through Elementary, Jr High and High School. We were both involved in Scouting during that time as well. He was the serious one, I was the goof off. Once we graduated he went to UCB and t, we lost our connection until recently. Through Facebook we discovered we both had parallel careers in Programming and then Project Management and shared a common interest in politics. When he seemed to have won his battle over cancer I offered support to him and his wife. As of late, I missed his political comments and now know why. RIP Paul and condolences to your wife.
Rest In Peace. I'm sorry to hear this. Paul and I were classmates from junior high thru high school. I always admired the way he handled being in the math class that his father was teaching. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Sad day, Paul Royer has passed away, and I'll miss speaking with him even if it is via FB. We all started out at
at Redwood, where the commroderie was. Rest In Peace Paul, what a great guy.
Paul and I met in 4th Grade at Pueblo Vista Elementary School. From then on, we became fast friends, and part of a large group of friends in our Baby Boomer post-war housing area on the north end of Napa. Paul's family became like my own. His mom was our Cub Scout Den Mother. We started playing tennis together in 9th Grade and played on the Napa High tennis team in the 11th Grade. Unfortunately, Paul wasn't able to play on our championship team senior year because of an after-school job. Paul and I had a lot of adventures together during all those years - memories that I cherish. He's next to me in both of the attached photos.
In '66 Paul needed to take a break from Berkeley and I had finished up at Napa JC and didn't plan to continue in college at that point. Paul suggested that we volunteer for the Draft, rather than wait for it to get around to us. That sounded reasonable to me, so Paul went in August and I waited until my girlfriend went back to school in September. In the Fall of '68, after our 2-year terms had expired, we met up again and carried on where we had left off - with a lot of tennis. We also both bought British sports cars and we drove them together and tinkered with them together. Along with Larry Hamilton after he came back from VISTA, we spent most of our free time hanging out together. Paul's family were very supportive of my post-Vietnam adjustment craziness and I owe them all a debt for their kindness and their patience.
When I proposed to Kathy and she said yes, Paul agreed to be my Best Man. After Kathy and I were married, Paul came to visit us frequently, sometimes with his current girlfriend (that changed a few times). When my Army career took us away from the area we weren't in touch as much, but we did visit when I was assigned at Ft. Ord in the early '80s and again, with Paul and his wife Corrinne, when I was assigned in Tacoma in the late '80s. After that, life pretty much took us in different directions, except for interacting on Facebook in recent years.
Paul battled gamely against lymphoma a few years ago and won that battle. Unfortunately, in this illness, his body finally ran out of reserves. Even so, I had trouble imagining him to be gone when Corrinne contacted me with the news of his loss. The fact is that he'll always be an important part of my memories.
Paul was a brilliant scholar, a funny guy and, most importantly, a great friend. I am sad for his family and Corrinne.
Roger Goldie
Rest in Peace, Paul.
Larry Hamilton
Leszek Szmidt
Paul and I knew each other through Elementary, Jr High and High School. We were both involved in Scouting during that time as well. He was the serious one, I was the goof off. Once we graduated he went to UCB and t, we lost our connection until recently. Through Facebook we discovered we both had parallel careers in Programming and then Project Management and shared a common interest in politics. When he seemed to have won his battle over cancer I offered support to him and his wife. As of late, I missed his political comments and now know why. RIP Paul and condolences to your wife.
Leszek Szmidt
Vicki Ichtertz (Snyder)
Rest In Peace. I'm sorry to hear this. Paul and I were classmates from junior high thru high school. I always admired the way he handled being in the math class that his father was teaching. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Mary Pieratt
Sad day, Paul Royer has passed away, and I'll miss speaking with him even if it is via FB. We all started out at
at Redwood, where the commroderie was. Rest In Peace Paul, what a great guy.
William George
RIP Paul
David G. Berry
In '66 Paul needed to take a break from Berkeley and I had finished up at Napa JC and didn't plan to continue in college at that point. Paul suggested that we volunteer for the Draft, rather than wait for it to get around to us. That sounded reasonable to me, so Paul went in August and I waited until my girlfriend went back to school in September. In the Fall of '68, after our 2-year terms had expired, we met up again and carried on where we had left off - with a lot of tennis. We also both bought British sports cars and we drove them together and tinkered with them together. Along with Larry Hamilton after he came back from VISTA, we spent most of our free time hanging out together. Paul's family were very supportive of my post-Vietnam adjustment craziness and I owe them all a debt for their kindness and their patience.
When I proposed to Kathy and she said yes, Paul agreed to be my Best Man. After Kathy and I were married, Paul came to visit us frequently, sometimes with his current girlfriend (that changed a few times). When my Army career took us away from the area we weren't in touch as much, but we did visit when I was assigned at Ft. Ord in the early '80s and again, with Paul and his wife Corrinne, when I was assigned in Tacoma in the late '80s. After that, life pretty much took us in different directions, except for interacting on Facebook in recent years.
Paul battled gamely against lymphoma a few years ago and won that battle. Unfortunately, in this illness, his body finally ran out of reserves. Even so, I had trouble imagining him to be gone when Corrinne contacted me with the news of his loss. The fact is that he'll always be an important part of my memories.
Paul was a brilliant scholar, a funny guy and, most importantly, a great friend. I am sad for his family and Corrinne.
Rest in Peace, my dear friend!