Roger Eugene Haynes passed away peacefully July 5, 2021, at his home with his family by his side. Roger was born July 17, 1956, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Burt Haynes and Bonnie Gardner, who were divorced. He was the oldest of three children: Ray (Jill) Haynes and Dianne Haynes, whom he was close with.
Roger has one daughter, Heather (Mark) Shoemaker, from a previous marriage to Dawn McCabe; two grandsons Beau (Chelsea) Johnson, Cutter Johnson; and four stepchildren Richard Cretsinger, Christine (Chris) Mitchell, Marion (Ryan) Tygensen, Ashley (Carlos) Cruz; and many nieces and nephews.
Roger grew up and spent most of his life in Grantsville, Utah. In his early years, he was a master HVAC/electrician specialist. He spent 40 plus years at US Magnesium as a instrumentation tech working his way up to supervisor. He recently retired in 2018. He was also a VCR/TV repairman and ran his own business for many years. He had a love for fixing anything with electricity and was talented at many things and was pretty much good and anything he did.
He loved the outdoors and his wife Annette dearly who he was married to for 11 years. They spent time riding four-wheelers, camping, fishing, concerts and drinking beer. He loved to show off his cars at car shows, hosted Halloween parties and also DJ’d music all over town. He and his wife were able to take many trips and planned to take the motorhome up the coast.
Roger’s life was cut short by stage four lung cancer, a battle he fought as hard as he could. He always said, “It is what it is” all the way to the end.
He was preceded in death by his dad Burt Haynes and his sister Dianne Haynes. He will be dearly missed.
Graveside services will be held at the Grantsville City Cemetery, Friday, July 16, at 7 p.m. for those who would like to say goodbye.