Max was born on his aunt’s birthday, June 22, 1980. He was a 5th generation Humboldt County native. Max attended Marshall Elementary School where he was elected school treasurer, with his slogan, “Million is my middle name!” He then went to St. Bernard’s Middle School and Eureka High School. Max loved soccer and played on the St. Bernard’s Middle School team when they won the league championship. He ran in several Clam Beach and Foggy Bottoms Milk Runs with his father and sister. In high school he ran Cross Country, Track and was the co-captain of the wrestling team.

After high school, Max attended CR for a year and then enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Camp Pendleton in San Diego and spent time in Okinawa, Japan and fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom, receiving a Ground Combat Ribbon. At the time of his discharge, he had attained the rank of Sargeant. Following his duty, he spent two years in the National Guard.

He returned to CR and transferred to Cal Poly Humboldt with the Veterans Upward Bound program. While at HSU he was on the Men’s crew team. He also participated in the Tour of the Unknown Coast Bicycle race. He graduated with a B.S. in Kinesiology. He had worked at the Henderson Center Veterans Program and was a cross-country coach for Sunny Brae Middle School and a wrestling coach for Ferndale High School.

Max is survived by his parents, Michael and Barbara Saul; his sister Molly Saul Cloutier and her husband Nick and their two daughters Maya and Ellie and son Calvin. He is also survived by his aunts and uncles — Sharon and Doug Melohn, Ken and Joyce Canepa, Kenneth and Kathleen Cook, Cheryl Cook and Patty Canepa. He also leaves his cousins Robert and Megan Canepa and their family, Cathy Canepa and Cody Hills, Janel and Greg Hebert, Jeff and Chris Canepa, Julie and Lang Jorstad and Joanna and Charles Nath and their families.

Arrangements are being handled by Ayres Family Cremation.