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Former state Rep. Wayne Meyer, R-Rathdrum, who died this week at age 59 of colon cancer. In this photo, Meyer, one of the last grass seed farmers on the Rathdrum Prairie and a former state legislator, jokes with family members while clambering into a tractor on May 4, 2007, near Rathdrum. Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise discusses Meyer here.
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Bent on February 11 at 2:27 p.m.
Dear God, what a loss. Wayne was such a great man…
smilesid on February 12 at 5:50 a.m.
I served with Wayne in the Idaho legislature. It was an honor to sit next to him on the floor for two of those years. I was deeply saddened when I heard this sad news this morning.
Wayne was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Honest, compassionate, dedicated to service, sincere in his convictions…words sometimes rare in the cynical political age in which we live. Wayne, we will miss you.
Idaho has lost a friend.
Steve Smylie
Boise