Roger Watts

Haag

Roger Watts Haag

December 14, 1928 – April 08, 2024

On April 8, 2024 Roger "Old Bear" Haag of Brookings passed peacefully into Heaven due to natural causes. He was 95 years

old.

Roger was born in Corvallis, Oregon to J. Roy and Ruth Haag on December 14th of 1928. He earned bachelor's degrees in

business and psychology from Oregon State University. He met the love of his life, Patty, in Corvallis, was married on June 17,

1951, and together they raised four children, Judy, Bruce, Janni, and Curtis.

Roger worked as an ambulance driver, fireman, machinist, microscope repairman, and spent most of his career in the

scientific instrument business in sales and service in Los Angeles, and in the Bay Area. Later in life he bought a "Mom and Pop" hardware store in Saratoga, California, adding to that a moped and scooter business, which brought about the opening of "Skooterhaus," a Vespa scooter and moped shop. The members of the Haag family share many fond memories of working together at these stores.

Roger "retired" to Brookings, Oregon, where he built his dream home by the ocean, and bought and managed an apartment

complex. Roger will be remembered for his willingness to help people. No matter the time of day or night, he would grab a tool kit and race out the door to help someone replace a failed water heater. He had amazing do-it-yourself skills, a great sense of humor, and his home-made chocolate sauce was sensational. He was a natural musician with the ability to play several musical instruments quite well, and entirely "by ear."

Roger is preceded in death by his father Roy, his mother Ruth, his wife Patty, his sisters Hope and Shirley, and his granddaughter Lisa. He is survived by his four children Judy, Bruce, Janni, Curtis, grandchildren Karla, Nathan and Joseph Forkert, Heather, Ruthie and Darin Haag, Celina Sifuentes-Soar, Diana Turner, and great-grandchildren Ethan, Jordan and Jameson Forkert, Diego and Kallen Turner, and by his dear friend Emil Fischmann.

A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date.