MARYSVILLE – Gary Haga, Marysville’s walking evangelist, has died of cancer.

Haga was well-known in the community for walking around Jennings Park wearing a sandwich board sign.

There were four sayings on it:

•Jesus maker of all things

•Jesus 4Gives when asked2

•Jesus is the only way to heaven

•Are you saved? It’s EZ John 3:16

He would smile and wave at people, and many would wave or honk back. He would wear his headphones and listen to Christian music.

When the community first found out he had terminal pancreatic cancer in August it responded with hundreds of Facebook messages of support.

He found out about the cancer in March and did receive chemotherapy treatments despite the initial prognosis that he should just go on hospice.

Haga continued walking because he wanted to inspire people to get ready for the end of days.

“I believe the Lord is coming back soon. All signs point to it,” he told the Marysville Globe in August. “If you’re not ready, you won’t go. I’m ready.”

The Marysville Church of the Nazarene that Haga attended confirmed his death.

He leaves behind his wife, daughter, 40, granddaughter, 15, and grandson, 5. He was 64.