Central High School Oregon Alumni Obituaries

Stanley Ray Miller 85 passed away at his home on January 8 2026 in Junction City Oregon. Born in Lincoln Nebraska October 25 1940 to Maurice and Blanche Miller he spent his childhood in the farming community of Holdrege Nebraska. Fascinated from earliest days with mechanics and building he told a st...

Paul Harmon Beck passed on Saturday January 10 due to complications from cancer. Paul was a people person and a family person. Family was especially important to Paul and he always put his family first. He made many close friends throughout his life and his career in the timber industry. Paul was we...

Corine Rash Birge was born on March 9 1944 in Ruleville Mississippi to the late Queen Ethel Roy Rash and Ledger William Rash Sr. She was the fourth of thirteen children. Corine received her education in the Sunflower County Public School District and graduated from Ruleville Central High School in 1...

Jean Joyce Shepherd Hays was born on December 13 1939 to Louise and Floyd Shepherd in La Crosse Wisconsin. She graduated from Central High School in La Crosse Wisconsin in 1957. She was united in marriage in 1960 to Stanley Bruce Hays and together they had three children Bill Sue Unfred of Oregon Ci...

On the morning of October 30th 2025 Katie Louise Williams Kroiss of Bend Oregon passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loving family and dear friends after a courageous sevenmonth battle with metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma. Katie lived a life filled with connection and had a rema...

Paul Matthew Sticka age 69 a resident of College Place WA passed away on December 17th 2025 in Colville WA. Paul was born on August 7th 1956 in Dickinson ND the son of John Joseph and Shirley Ann Samson Sticka. Paul was raised in New England ND where he attended and graduated from St Marys High Scho...

Carrie Dulac 67 of Auburn Maine lost her battle to pancreatic cancer on July 19 2025. Carrie was born February 25 1958 in Bristol Connecticut. She passed peacefully at the Auburn Hospice House surrounded by loved ones. She was the daughter of Patricia Robichaud and Linwood Keene. Carrie attended Pla...

Auburn ME Margaret Peg Theriault passed away peacefully at the age of 92 of natural causes at Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston on December 12 2023. She was born April 271931 the daughter of Henry G. Groves and Viola H. Veazie Groves. Peg attended school in Auburn graduating from Edward Little ...

Jean Marie Fiorelli Apice 89 of Jessup PA passed away peacefully on Friday December 12 2025 at AdventHealth Parker Hospital Centennial Colorado surrounded by her loving family. She was the devoted wife of the late Joseph Michael Apice a cherished mother and grandmother and affectionately known as Th...

Jean Marie Fiorelli Apice 89 of Jessup PA passed away peacefully on Friday December 12 2025 at AdventHealth Parker Hospital Centennial Colorado surrounded by her loving family. She was the devoted wife of the late Joseph Michael Apice a cherished mother and grandmother and affectionately known as Th...

Aileen Clemmer was born December 8 1933 in Medford Oregon the youngest child of Arthur and Grace Gregory Sellars. Aileens sister Lucille was seven years older. Aileens greatgrandparents originally settled in the Rogue Valley in the 1860s. In the late 1930s both Aileen and her father contracted tuber...

Doranna Lou Koffenberger a lifelong resident of Independence Missouri passed away peacefully on January 12 2026celebrating her 91st birthday on the very day she was called home. Born in 1935 to Fred and Mildred Schneider Doranna was a proud graduate of Van Horn High School. Her faith and her voice w...

Rocky Ray Vondra was born in Lusk, Wyoming, on September 11, 1954, to Vern and Orese (Miller) Vondra. Rocky passed away peacefully at the age of 71 at his home in Brownsboro, Texas, on December 25, 2025, surrounded by his family and loved ones.Rocky grew up as a young child in Jay Em and Lance Creek...

Agnes Borawski Ostertag 101 of New Britain Connecticut died peacefully at home on Monday October 13th surrounded by her loved ones. The youngest of three daughters in a family of 12 children Agnes was born August 17 1924 in New Britain where she resided her entire life. A 1942 graduate from New Brit...

Donald A. Erdman, 84, of Kennewick, WA passed away on January 20, 2026 at home.Don was born on May 9, 1941, in Walla Walla, Washington, to his parents Otto and Mildred Erdman. He is survived by his wife Kaye, sisters Sharon and Judy, brothers Bill and John and their spouses, daughter Christina, son...

Charita Manette Upkins passed away on Thursday December 11 2025. She was born on May 16 1966 the daughter of Betty Ann Carson. She is survived by her husband of nearly 30 years Louis Upkins and her two children Caleb Upkins and Zoe Upkins. Born and raised in Memphis Charita graduated from Central Hi...

CUMBERLAND – Ronald (Ron) Boyd, 80, of Cumberland, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 1, 2026, at home after a long battle with cancer.Born August 20, 1945, in Salem, OR, he was a son of the late Donald and Corinne (Gornick) Boyd.Ron was a 1963 graduate of Central High School in Monmouth Or...

He departed this life on January 11 2026 after many years of fighting cancer. David was united in marriage to Lori Burrell Scott on 751980. Their two children are Christa Rieger and Craig Scott. David was a graduate of Central High School Drury University and UMKC School of Pharmacy. He was employed...

James Mark SatherJames “Mark” Sather, age 81, passed away surrounded by love, leaving behind a life shaped by integrity, hard work, and a family who loved him deeply.Born in Seattle, Washington, Mark was the son of Leif Odin Sigurd Sather and Joy Helen Wilcox. He was raised alongside his older siste...