Duncan Andrew Bayne

1939 - 2015

Duncan Andrew Bayne

Lawyer, actor, singer, carpenter,

sailor, trustee, cook, Episcopalian.

Died September 28, 2015, at home with his family at 76. Born September 27, 1939, in Northampton, Mass., to the Rev. Stephen Fielding Bayne Jr. (later Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia) and Lucie Gould Bayne, he lived in New York City as a child and moved to Seattle in 1947, where he attended the Lakeside School and Garfield High School. He served for two years in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific before returning to the University of Washington for his BA and JD. Duncan clerked for a year at the state Supreme Court, then in 1969 joined the firm now known as Davis, Wright, Tremaine. After retiring in 1989 he served as a trustee for the Casey Family Programs across the west from North Dakota to Hawaii, including the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations in South Dakota. He was also a lay leader in the Episcopal Church, serving in regional and national positions over many years, including as vice chancellor of the Diocese of Olympia.

Duncan loved military history and a good potboiler, and is remembered by his many friends as an able seaman, a model train enthusiast, and an infuriating grammarian. He was a featured baritone with the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, a volunteer with the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, a builder of homes with Habitat for Humanity, and a cook with the Strand Helpers, who fed hungry and homeless Seattleites for years out of the kitchen at St. Mark's Cathedral. He is survived by Mary (McCuskey), his wife of 51 years, his three daughters Martha, Emily Antezana (Marcos),

and Charlotte, and his grandchildren Eleanor and Peter,

all of whom have blessed his life, as well as his brothers Stephen III, Philip, and Bruce; his sister Lydia preceded him in death. His family thanks Dr. Alan L. Fine and Group Health Home Health and Hospice for their tireless care and support.

A memorial service (aloha shirts welcome) will be held Sunday, October 11 at 3:00 PM at St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to Habitat for Humanity or St. Mark's.