Bailey Laurence Beaulaurier

Published 11:16 am Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Oct. 13, 1977 – Oct. 29, 2018

Bailey Laurence Beaulaurier passed away with his parents at his side on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. Bailey was born on Oct. 13, 1997, at Meridian Park Hospital in Tualatin, Oregon, to Robert Beaulaurier and Robyn Fields.

He grew up in West Linn and Portland, Oregon. Bailey lived a very full 21 years. For his last four years, he prayed, played, studied and worked mostly in Central Oregon.

Bailey was described as a kinesthetic kid with a heart of gold because he loved to be in motion and help people. He was in love with his dogs and the frog he just discovered. His spirit meant that he played with kids with disabilities or normal kids to have fun, not as a charity, and certainly not because his parents said to. Before Bailey reached kindergarten, he was described by neighbors and relatives as an “old soul” with “wisdom beyond his years.” His high energy did get him in trouble in middle school because he did not understand why the fun of a “flying screaming stuffed monkey” was not appropriate in class. Some did enjoy it.

He worked hard on physical fitness and had callouses on his hands from late night work outs. Bailey love to “catch air.” Even at his senior prom there are pictures he took of himself backflipping in a tuxedo with corsage on a trampoline with a selfie stick. He was athletically gifted and could slam dunk a basketball or do a back flip in the living room before his mother could say: “no!” He turned 360s and back flips on Mt. Bachelor in the winter and flipped skateboards in the summer to blow off steam.

He participated in organized sports, competing in skiing and snowboarding at the state level. He enjoyed surfing, wakeboarding, working on bicycles, motorcycles and cars, and still finding time to do photography, fly fish and make videos. He had epic Christian experiences at Malibu Club, British Columbia; his first summer as a camper, second summer as crew, and third summer as ski boat driver.

When Bailey got interested in something, he got into it with gusto. Take photography. He had lots of equipment. Normal. Then add taking pictures at any time of day or night with high powered lenses, drones, ski boats, fast cars, four wheelers, two wheelers, friends, snow, sun, and waterproof GoPro cameras. Then become an FAA licensed “drone pilot photographer” and help realtors to sell homes to pay for more gear. If only he would have had Spielberg or Stone’s budgets.

Bailey was in a motorcycle accident on route to his job at Trinity Bicycles in Redmond on August 16th. Friends came from Redmond, Bend, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and Portland to visit him in the hospital during his 74 days in a coma. A gift of this long coma was that through Bailey’s friends, his parents learned tales of how Bailey dropped what he was doing to help friends in their times of need. Friends said he was their “go to guy” if they had a problem. He had lifechanging texts and phone calls with people he loved in British Columbia, California and Arizona, in addition to his Oregon friends his parents knew about. This was a “secret life of Bailey” his parents did not know about. He listened and helped friends on his phone while playing his guitar, or Xbox online. Visiting parents told us how he was kind to all members of their family and helped people using a pickup truck, his muscle, or helped by just lending an ear.

In 2016, Bailey graduated from Ridgeview High School. He took several Advanced Placement classes and loved The Raven Report, a video reporting class where learned to report on current events as well as shoot and edit video. He was a member of Ridgeview’s varsity lacrosse team. Bailey played every position but specialized as an attacker. His number #10 jersey has been retired.

Bailey was on the Dean’s List four times at Central Oregon Community College. He had been accepted at several colleges and planned to get an MBA at Boise State or Texas A&M.

Some who met Bailey wondered why he thought he could break rules and celebrate life and more than one Christmas in a year, with many toys and adventures. One answer was the “passport” on his cell phone screensaver which said: “There is more to this life and that is Christ.” His brother Alexander may have said it best saying “Bailey lived the life he was supposed to live. There will never be another Bailey.” Well done brother. Well done.

Bailey is survived by a loving family: mom, Robyn, and Tim Fields of Eagle Crest; dad, Robert, and Dee Ann Beaulaurier, Portland, Oregon; brother, Alexander Beaulaurier, Portland, Oregon; step-siblings: Dallas Fields, Oregon City, Oregon; Kelsey Schuetz, Bonanza, Oregon; Isaac Lindberg and Sophia Lindberg of Portland, Oregon. Bailey is also survived by his maternal grandparents, Don and Tami Mooney, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and Peggy Jo Sanderson, Walla Walla, Washington, as well as many cousins, aunts and uncles who loved him and will miss him.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfathers: Larry A. Beaulaurier and William “Buzz” Sanderson.

Bailey is quoted as wanting friends to play bagpipes, but play them really badly, at his “celebration of life,” which his family has planned on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, 1:00 pm in the Highland Baptist Church, 3100 SW Highland Avenue, Redmond, Oregon 97756.

Remembrances can be made to Young Life – https://giving.younglife.org/s/ to support the ministry in Redmond or sponsor a camper in honor of Bailey by clicking “Tribute Gift.” Remembrances can also be mailed to Young Life at

585 SW 6th St, Redmond, OR 97756-2736.