Deaths:
SHA‘28 - Armella Lebold Nash  •  SHA ‘37- Bernard I. Koehler November 11, 1919 – February 29, 2008 -Bernard was a veteran, who served in World War II as a Sergeant. He operated an electrical contracting business in Salem, Koehler and Monner Electric, for the majority of his career.  •  SHA ‘42 - George Renner November 10, 1924 – May 6, 2009- George served with the US Navy Seebees during WWII from 1942-46 then married Dolores Muller in September 1946. He graduated from Willamette University. He was dedicated to his career with the State of Oregon, Secretary of State’s office serving from 1952 until retiring in 1985 as Supervisor of the Division of Audits.  •   SHA’46 - Oscar Christensen died August 22, 2008  •  SHA’46 - Caroline Tuttle died February 22, 2008  •  SHA ‘46 - Charles "Bob" Schnider July 27, 1928 – January 2010- Bob meet his wife, Angela Kropp, at Sacred Heart Academy. They were married for 48 years (Angela passed away in 1998). Bob’s career was with US Bank.  •  SHA ‘49 - Jacqueline Ann (Zerzan) Vincent July 15, 1931 – November 18, 2009 - Following high school, Jackie graduated from Marylhurst College, majoring in art. Jackie used her artistic talents through her work at Sears in downtown Salem creating window displays and with the Salem-Keizer School District where she was an illustrator of educational games. •  SHA ‘50 - Gerald (Jerry) Weger May 22, 1932 – March 19, 2010 - Jerry served in the Army during the Korean War. He retired from Pacific Northwest Bell in 1986 with 36 years of service.  •   SHA‘52 - John Hoy died July 12, 2009. John was a Blanchet grandfather to students Maddie and Alex. • SHA‘53 -Jim Rodewald  •  SHA ‘55 - Peter Fredric Meyer March 19, 1936 – August 14, 2008 - Peter worked for companies operated by Merritt W. Truax for more than 50 years. He retired in 2002 as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of State Investments, LLC.  •  SHA ‘55 - Richard Keith Schmidt February 21, 1937 – January 8, 2008 - Keith joined the US Air Force after high school where he became an air traffic controller. Following military service, he went to work with the Federal Aviation Agency after which he was a partner with Mary Jane Bakery of Portland, followed by employment with Tacoma Screw in Portland.  •  SHA‘57 - Sue Ann Watson Evenhees died January 3, 2008.  •  Serra ‘58 - Cornelius "Cork" Lambert Feskens August 23, 1940 - January 4, 2010 - Cork was a speech therapist who worked for many years for the Southern Oregon Education Service District, retiring as Director of Special Education.  •  Serra‘58 - Dan Ritter died on October 11, 2008 in Sun River, Oregon.  •  Serra ‘59 Doug Thompson June 25, 1941 - March 24, 2010. Doug’s passion in high school was football. He received his medical degree from OHSU, served in Vietnam Army Medical Corps, married his wife, Candy in 1966, and retired from the Army in 1973, He continued with an illustrious career, founding the Pain Clinic at SW Washington Medical Center.  •  SHA ‘60 - Donna Marie Strauch November 24, 1942 – November 21, 2008 - Donna earned a Master’s Degree in music from Marylhurst College. She enjoyed playing the cello and was an accomplished pianist.  •  SHA ’60 Classmate - Beverly Ann Kelley April 17, 1942 – March 23, 2009 - Beverly attended Sacred Heart High School for the first two years of high school where she was a cheerleader. She graduated from St. Boniface in Sublimity. Beverly worked for State Farm for 30 years.  •  SHA '60  Anna Decker Nekuda.   •  SHA ‘60 - Margaret A. Winter November 11, 1941 – March 19, 2009 - Margaret worked at the Oregon Department of Revenue for 36 years, retiring in 2001. She married Arthur in 1968 and attended St. Joseph Catholic Church.  •  Serra ’61 Classmate - Philip G. Gruchella – May 2, 1943 – March 31, 2010 - Phil graduated from North Salem High School and OSU and worked in the insurance business.   •  Serra‘62 - Michael John Kolb passed away December 18, 2008 in Sun City, California. He was an educator and avid golfer. Mike was the father of 5 and grandfather of 4.  •  Serra‘62 - David Nelke died on January 27, 2009. David’s career was in high tech and recently he received his BS Business Management. He was the father of 2 and grandfather of 5.  •  Serra ‘62 - Steve Boyd Panther died September 24, 2006. He was a track star in high school and won numerous trophies in marksmanship as a member of the Junior National Rifle Association. Steve’s career was in the printing business.  •  Serra ’62 - Willette Marie Sutter died October 23, 2009 in Gresham, Oregon.  •  Serra‘68 - Michael Nelke, died October 4, 2007. Mike was degreed and founded one of the first CB radio operations in the area, staying in that business for most of his career. He was an avid golfer, father of one and grandfather of 4.  •  SHA‘68 - Bernadette “Bernie” (Kreft) Trefethen died August 21, 2009 in her home in Salem with her husband, Terry, by her side. Bernie was the daughter of Mary (Kreft) Zenger from the SHA Class of ‘46, still living in Salem.  •  SHA ‘78 - Edward Bruce Callicrate February 4, 1960 – March 8, 2009 - Eddie worked for Legacy Health System in laboratory services in Portland.  • '69 - Janis Annette Kleinschmit-Husky - September 14, 1950 – June 27, 2009 - Jan worked for Fairview Training Center and then entered the field of corrections where she worked as a Correctional Corporal for ten years until retiring in 1993. 9 9 9

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Announcements:
SHA‘68 - Donna (Parton) Garaventa was awarded the Blanchet’s President’s Award recently. Donna has been an active member of the Board for many years and is very active in the local community. We wrote about her in our December, 2008 newsletter.

• SHA alumni sisters -- Virginia and Marilyn Schroeder -- were featured in the most recent issue of the "Venture" newsletter celebrating the 150 year anniversary of the Holy Names. You can find this article by clicking here.

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Serra’s ‘69 - Randy Charles Epping who attended Serra from 1966 to 1969 when it closed and where he was the last class president, is an internationally renowned author and speaker. He just released his new book, "Fusion Economics."

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