Recorded Events in His Life

• Tea for Trent: 26 September 2014, in Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA.
  
  COOS BAY, Ore. - Tea For Trent
  18-Sep-2014
  
  COOS BAY, Ore. (September 11, 2014)- Dutch Bros. Coffee of Coos Bay, Oregon is donating $1 from every Iced Tea sold on Friday September 26 from 5 a.m. - 11 p.m. All proceeds will help offset any medical expenses for Trent Messerle.
  
  Trent Messerle, twenty-six, was first diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme in 2011. Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is classified as a grade IV astrocytoma, simply referred to as a rapidly growing brain tumor.
  
  "I'm grateful for the opportunity to help such an inspiring family," says Brad Young, Dutch Bros. Coos Bay owner. "We hope to help as Trent and his family look to a new treatment."
  
  For Trent and his parents, ----- and ----- Messerle, this has been a long road, but they continue to keep their faith. Trent has recently undergone 18 treatments of Radiation. As a result, the tumors have shrunk in size, which is a positive indicator. Every three months Trent will have an MRI to track progress.
  
  Trent has lost some of his eyesight, as well as coordination on his right side. "He's trying so hard to come back," ----- says with hope. "His will is strong."
  
  "I wish everybody had the chance to meet Trent," said -----. "Not because I'm his mom, but because I'm simply in awe of his strength."
  
  "We are always inspired by someone working so hard to recover and move forward," said Brad. "Trent is an inspiration."

• His obituary was published in The World on 9 October 2014 in Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA.
  
  Trent Collver Messerle
  Dec. 18, 1987 - Sept. 27, 2014
  
  A celebration of life to honor Trent Collver Messerle, 26, of Coos Bay will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at 94881 Stock Slough Lane in Coos Bay, with a potluck to follow.
  
  Trent passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, surrounded by loved ones at a family home full of memories in Coos Bay following a long, courageous fight against an aggressive type of brain cancer.
  
  Trent was born Dec. 18, 1987, to ----- and ----- Messerle in Coos Bay. He was raised at a family ranch in Sumner; the fifth of six children.
  
  Trent's childhood was exactly the way it should have been. His younger brother, -----, was born just before Trent's first birthday; their bond was instantaneous, and as strong as if they were twins. Trent also had several cousins quite close to his age. They played together all the time and became inseparable from the time they were all in diapers. The relationships they formed in those early years has never wavered. As a group, the cousins' antics and sense of humor has always been comical, and they all were always laughing.
  
  As part of the family heritage, Trent learned the ways of raising cattle and logging from very early on. Trent had "bottle baby" bummer calves he took care of, showing calves in open class at the Coos County Fair long before he was old enough to join 4-H, and began building his own herd of beef cattle. The fair and 4-H were important building blocks in Trent's path in life, not only from lessons learned and good experiences, but by forging some strong and everlasting relationships with other similar-minded good, honest folks and their families. Trent showed his cattle, sold steers in the auction, and rode calves in the junior rodeo. After his many years in 4-H were over, Trent returned to the fair to give his time by assisting younger 4-Hers with fitting and showing their cattle, and as a ring man in the livestock auction.
  
  A country boy born and bred, Trent played with toy heavy equipment and trucks in the mud, built hay forts in barns, learned to swim in ponds on the family ranches, and caught fish and frogs in the ditches. He honed his marksmanship by shooting bb guns at countless cans and other targets, soon graduating to other higher-caliber guns and beginning his prolific hunting career. He was raised on country music and playing hard, but working harder.
  
  Trent attended Bunker Hill Elementary and Millicoma, where he played baseball and football, and added to a broad base of lifelong friends. In 2003, Trent had the first of three brain surgeries to remove a small spot on his brain, which ended his football and rodeo careers. He was proud of the scar that the surgery left, and showed his sense of humor by fabricating tall tales about how it "really" happened. At Marshfield High School, he was the manager for the varsity football team, and won awards for his welding skills. He graduated in 2006.
  
  The classroom for Trent's formal education was life itself. He was a student of good ranching and logging practices. Growing up on a ranch, he helped out with whatever he could, as soon as he was able — helping tag calves from as early as age 4 or 5. His first paying job was working for the family business, as soon as he turned 14. He built fences and corrals, moved irrigation pipes, drove tractors in the hay fields, and helped work the herds of cattle. When Trent turned 18, he went to work for the logging side of the family business. He started as a chaser his first year, and gained many hours of experience running a chain saw. During his second season in the woods, he was trained on the D-6 Cat, skidder and grapple shovel. After that, he was promoted to Cat skinner.
  
  In the fall of 2006, Trent had the opportunity for a change of scenery and went to Paiute Meadows Ranch in Winnemucca, Nev., to work at a friend's high desert cow outfit. He moved cattle on horseback, built and repaired fence, welded and did mechanic work on machinery, and burned fields and irrigation ditches. After the cattle were turned out to winter pasture and ranch work slowed down, he helped a neighbor guide mountain lion hunts. Trent returned to Oregon in the spring of 2007 for logging with the family business.
  
  Trent got a job working for the U.S. Forest Service as a wildland firefighter with the St. Joe Ranger District in Avery, Idaho in the summer of 2009. After that fire season, he moved to Roseburg, and went to work for Lone Rock Timber in the fall of 2009. He began as a choker setter, worked to pull rigging, then moved up to faller. His quiet, hard-working, eager-to-learn demeanor quickly gained him the respect of his co-workers, some of whom had worked in the woods since before Trent was born. Despite undergoing frequent chemotherapy treatments, he rarely missed work, and he continued with Lone Rock until the physical effects of the brain tumors made it unable for him to perform work in a logging operation, just a few months before his passing.
  
  Trent was part of a group that calls themselves "The Bubs" who have hunted and killed many elk on the family's ranches over the years. Regardless of whether or not Trent was the shooter, he would be the first one to jump in, roll up his sleeves and get to work cleaning and skinning the animal. It was his nature to help anyone.
  
  His honesty and strong work ethic sharpened his keen sense of how to predict the behavior of the cattle he was working, or the best way to fall a big tree safely. Trent would do anything or go anywhere for anyone. In his time off from work, he could be found offering to help his friends work their cattle, just for the sheer enjoyment of the work and helping out — without expecting or accepting any compensation, and just as easily as he could be found scouting elk or looking for shed antlers. He would often go as far as Nevada or California just to help his friends on their ranches. Wherever there was fun and laughter, Trent was sure to be found. He loved country music and was a terrific swing dancer.
  
  Trent's strong will and determination were incomparable; they were that of only myths and legends. He was one tough son of a gun, so determined to live life as normal and for cancer to just be a word rather than a sentence, he refused to lay around and rest after subsequent brain surgeries in 2011 and 2013. His recovery from both surgeries was expedited by fresh air and sunshine, just getting back out into nature. In fact, he shot his biggest bull elk ever during archery season just three weeks after his third brain surgery. His motto was "Never Give Up. Never Surrender."
  
  Trent is survived by his mother, ----- Messerle and his father, ----- Messerle; brother, ----- Messerle, his wife, -----, and their children, -----, -----, -----, and -----; sister, ----- -----, her husband, -----, and their children, -----, ----- and -----; sister, ----- -----, her husband, -----, and their children, -----, -----, and another on the way; brother, ----- ----- and his wife, -----; younger brother, best friend, and lifelong companion, ----- Messerle and his girlfriend, ----- -----; longtime girlfriend, ----- -----; grandparents, ----- and ----- -----; great-grandmother, ----- -----; dozens of aunts, uncles and cousins; and a very tight-knit group of close friends who are more like family.
  
  He was preceded in death by grandparents, Everett and Josephine Messerle; and cousin, Josh Messerle.
  
  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to an account in Trent's name at Banner Bank, 212 S. 5th St., Coos Bay, OR 97420.
  
  Cremation rites have been held under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131.
  
  Friends and family are encouraged to sign the on-line guest book, share photos and send condolences at www.coosbayareafunerals.com
  
  -- obituary modified 2015 to protect the privacy of living individuals, kmh.