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William Franz Fritz Wayner
September 25, 1965 - April 14, 2017
Fritz went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 51 years of age, at Shalimar, Florida, on Good Friday, April 14, 2017.
Fritz was born September 25, 1965, at Edwards AFB, California, a third child to Lew and Betty Wayner. He was his father’s pride to carry on the family name sake and his mother’s joy. As a child, he was curious, exuberant and boisterous and always enjoyed being outside. After the family moved to Brooks Street, Fritz mastered fishing, skateboarding, water skiing, sailing and wind surfing. He worked with his family at Perri’s Italian Restaurant where he developed his love for cooking. He added body building and cheerleading with sister Cathy to his various activities while attending Choctawhatchee High School, and then went on to cheer for Florida State University. After college, Fritz returned to Fort Walton Beach, to be close to family and where he remained and worked in the restaurant and hospitality industry.
Throughout Fritz’s life he dearly loved and valued his family, who continue to dearly love and value him. His engaging and magnanimous personality (and his cooking talent) gained him many, many friends; all of whom have been most loving and generous toward him in return. This testifies greatly of the kind of man Fritz was while he was with us. He will be sorely missed.
Fritz is survived by his two sisters and brothers in law, Wanda and Tim Martin and Cathy and Bill Brock, his nephew, Luke Martin, his niece and her husband, Rebecca and Danny Miller and their four children, his great niece and nephews: Emma, Jeremy, Steven and one on the way (Fritz always said they made him a “great” uncle!). He is also survived by two aunts and many cousins, his dearest friends, Chris and Tamela Hayes, John and Jimma Henderson and his dog ‘Migo.
Fritz’s family would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to Harry T’s for the Friends for Fritz Event, Dr. Harvey Hsiang at Emerald Coast Cancer Center and Mauricia Stanton at Emerald Waters for caring for Fritz, Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, especially Alan, for their kindness and treatment and the caregivers at Regency Hospice for helping us through our last days with our brother. Also, we thank Fritz’s Best Western family for providing their venue for our celebration.
We love you Fritz! God bless and keep you always!
Celebration of Life Service to be held Thursday, April 27, 2017, 12:00 PM on the beach behind Best Western, 380 Santa Rosa Blvd., Okaloosa Island.
Balancing elements + transmitted light: the engraved names are placed according to the rule of thirds on the bottom, taking 1/2 of the space in the frame. The memorial is also placed according to the rule of thirds on the top taking 1/2 of the space in the frame.
The Needles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost civil parish of the Isle of Wight. The Needles Lighthouse stands at the outer, western end of the formation. Built in 1859, it has been automated since 1994.[5] The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the Needles along with the shore and heath above are part of the Headon Warren and West High Down Site of Special Scientific Interest.[6][7]
The formation takes its name from a fourth needle-shaped pillar called Lot's Wife, which collapsed in a storm in 1764.[8] The remaining rocks are not at all needle-like, but the name has stuck.
The Needles were featured on the BBC Two TV programme Seven Natural Wonders (2005) as one of the wonders of Southern England.
The Needles lie just to the southwest of Alum Bay, and are a tourist draw. Scenic boat trips operate from Alum Bay that offer close-up views of the Needles. The rocks and lighthouse have become icons of the Isle of Wight, often photographed by visitors, and are featured on many of the souvenirs sold throughout the island.[citation needed]
The main tourist attractions of the headland itself are the two gun batteries, the experimental rocket testing station, and the four Coastguard cottages owned by the National Trust.[citation needed]
A branch of the National Coastwatch Institution is also based at the Needles, sited near the New Battery and Rocket Testing Site on High Down.
The Needles – Landmark Attraction (previously known as The Needles Pleasure Park) situated at the top of the cliff at Alum Bay is a small amusement park. A Chairlift operates between the park and the beach.
Military use.
The Needles were a site of a long-standing artillery battery, from the 1860s to 1954, which was eventually decommissioned.[citation needed]
A nearby site on High Down was employed in the testing of rockets for the British ICBM programme.[9] The headland at High Down was used for Black Knight[10] and Black Arrow[11] rocket engine tests from 1956–71. During the peak of activity in the early 1960s some 240 people worked at the complex, while the rockets were built in nearby East Cowes. These rockets were later used to launch the Prospero X-3 satellite. The site is now owned by the National Trust, and is open to the public. Concrete installations remain, but the buildings that were less durable have either been demolished or were torn down by the elements.
In 1982, Prince Charles officially opened the restored Needles Old Battery facility. Underground rocket testing rooms are currently being restored for exhibition. The first phase of restoration was completed in 2004.[12]