In MemoriamSpring 2026

1940s

Katharine Graham Kohler, ’47, Carefree, AZ, Pi Beta Phi • Marvin M. Janzen, ’49, Eugene, OR

1950s

Janet R. Bell, ’50, Spring Lake, MI, Alpha Xi Delta, Panhellenic • Shirley Carr Carl, ’51, Portland, OR • Garvin D. Crabtree, ’51, Orlando, FL • Janice Fisher Janzen, ’51, Eugene, OR • Ruel A. Robinson, ’51, Portland, OR • Henry L. Downing, ’52 ’54, Portland, OR • Jack O’Dell Saling, ’52 ’53, Wood Village, OR, Beta Theta Pi • Lorraine Larsen Bauder, ’53, Medway, MA • Anne C. Darrow, ’53, Seattle, WA, Alpha Phi • Orra E. Kerns, ’53 ’55, Vancouver, WA, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Harriett B. Sterns, ’53 ’54, Gainesville, FL, Delta Zeta • Glenda Cotton Fillinger, ’54, Lafayette, CA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Wendell M. Taylor, ’54, Walnut Creek, CA, Lambda Chi Alpha • John Gottfried Krautscheid, ’55, Hillsboro, OR, Phi Kappa Theta • Lawrence E. Weinert, ’55, Antioch, CA • Donald L. Barklow, ’56, Meridian, ID, Acacia • Robert L. Barnes, ’57, Tualatin, OR • Frances M. Barnes, ’57, Tualatin, OR • Joanne Bowlin, ’57, Happy Valley, OR, Delta Gamma • Donna Henry Dent, ’57, Sutherlin, OR, Delta Zeta • Joan Kay Ruggles, ’57, Hollister, CA, Sigma Kappa • Gustavus M. Supe Jr., ’57, Kailua, HI, Theta Xi • Richard C. Tutt, ’57, Eugene, OR • Ronald A. Winger, ’57, Silverdale, WA • Abby Brice Aanerud, ’58,  Seattle, WA, Alpha Chi Omega • Richard Ballweber, ’58, Portland, OR • Robert Allen Fronk Jr., ’58 ’69, Weatherford, TX • Joseph B. Holder, ’58, Sisters, OR • Verle Weitzman Pilling, ’58, Bend, OR, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Gordon E. Roselund, ’58, Green Valley, AZ • Roland Francis Rousseau, ’58, Sigma Nu • William David Huntting, ’59 ’65, Lake Oswego, OR, Kappa Sigma • Charles Burt Mack, ’59, San Gabriel, CA, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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R. Stevens Gilley Sr., ’56

Robert “Steve” Gilley died on Aug. 19, 2025, at the age of 90. After graduating from Oregon State, he began a career in real estate that took him from Portland to New York, San Francisco and Hawaii. He founded and led companies and held leadership roles across the country. Through it all he remained devoted to Oregon State, serving as OSU Alumni Association board president from 1975 to 1977 and on the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees from 1973 to 1988. He was proud to share his Beaver spirit with grandchildren Emma Gilley, ’21; Ben Poulsen, ’23; and Hudson Barnes, ’24. A consummate host of family gatherings and man of many passions, he rode horses, sailed in the Pacific and Atlantic, and found community wherever he lived, nurturing long friendships. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Patricia Ann Petersen; children Scott Howden, Mark Gilley, Bob Gilley and Liz Peatman; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

1960s

Ronald E. Wrolstad, ’60, Corvallis, OR, Alpha Gamma Rho • Joan Saubert Cummings, ’61, Rio Verde, AZ • James Eltinge Grinnell, ’61, Sonora, CA, Delta Tau Delta • Joe Huston Kesey, ’61, Eugene, OR, Sigma Nu • Joseph A. Lukes, ’61, Santa Rosa, CA • Edward Darrell Nienow, ’61, Lafayette, CA • Nancy Jo Brock, ’62, Marysville, WA • Galen D. DeShon, ’63, Washougal, WA • Michael B. Peterson, ’63, Bothell, WA, Kappa Delta Rho • Lavern Lee Alton, ’64, Walnut Creek, CA • Keith O. Mohr, ’64 ’65, Sugar Grove, IL • Linda Viking Powell, ’64, Blythe, CA • Anne Buchholz Brownlee, ’65, Spokane Valley, WA • Charles Searles Everhart, ’65 ’70 ’72, Kaunakakai, HI • Ronald D. Miller, ’65, Severna Park, MD • George Harmon Constantine Jr, ’66, Portland, OR • Ronald Wendell Kirsher Jr., ’66 • Robert John McKittrick, ’66, Springfield, OR • Robert James Sherman, ’66 ’69, Saint Paul, MN • Peter Guild Pittock, ’67, Portland, OR • George Carter Sharp Jr., ’67 ’68 ’69, Lakewood, WA, Alpha Tau Omega • Samuel T. Tani, ’67, Benson, AZ • Helen Kelley, ’69, Portland, OR, Kappa Delta • Linda Nell Sharp, ’69, San Francisco, CA

1970s

Michael S. White, ’70 ’72, Sacramento, CA, Phi Delta Theta • Marvin E. Brownell, ’71, Sun Lakes, AZ • Anthony J. George Jr., ’71, Scottsdale, AZ • Bareld Egge Groenwold, ’71, Heathsville, VA • Donna Sue Johnson, ’71, Golden, CO • Michael A. McKillip, ’71, Tualatin, OR • Kenneth F. Meeuwsen, ’71, Cornelius, OR, Alpha Gamma Rho • John Louis Normandin, ’72, Pendleton, OR • Jon R. Brazier, ’73, Medford, OR • Louis Charles Grothaus IV, ’73 ’75, Seattle, WA • Mark R. Knox, ’73, Camas, WA, Delta Chi • Karl W. Love, ’73, Coos Bay, OR • Sam P. Starfas, ’73, Santa Barbara, CA • Jeffrey A. Zinn, ’73, Fairfax, VA • Kevin Carson Bacon, ’74, Tacoma, WA • Kelly Stovall Frost, ’75, Tucson, AZ • Michael E. Boren, ’76, Saint Helens, OR • Jere Ky Putnam, ’76, Corvallis, OR • Gustav Rand Alberthal, ’77, Portland, OR • Cindy Elaine Morrill, ’77, Avondale, AZ • David Leslie Carlson, ’78, Maple Valley, WA • Michael Szramek, ’78, Walla Walla, WA

1980s

John Robert Vandehey, ’81, Portland, OR • Gail Barbara Nickerson, ’82, Corvallis, OR • David Neil Schmitt, ’82 ’86, Richardson, TX • Susan Keiko Sasano, ’83 ’85, Salem, OR • Nicholas John Smith, ’84, Nanaimo, BC • Roger C. Bonzer, ’85, Beaverton, OR • Karen Kennette Pixler, ’85, Murrieta, CA • Caroline Frances Norelius, ’86, Wilmington, NC

Photo courtesy of Benton County

Linda Modrell, ’81, MBA ’89

Linda Modrell died Nov. 8, 2025. She was 82. A four-term Benton County commissioner, she helped establish three county natural areas and develop a network of community health clinics serving low-income residents. But her most memorable act as a public servant came in March 2004, when she voted to stop issuing all marriage licenses until same-sex couples had the right to marry. The decision sparked both a recall effort and national media attention. The standoff lasted five months before the commission began issuing licenses again. Oregon legalized same-sex marriage a decade later, just months before she retired. “She was a force to be reckoned with — in a good way,” longtime Corvallis City Councilor George Grosch told the Philomath News. Before politics, Modrell worked on the team that developed the Oregon Health Plan as well as for Oregon State University. She is survived by her partner, Keith McCreight, Ph.D. ’81; her sons, Brett Modrell, ’86, and Jason Modrell, ’89; a sister and two brothers; and three grandchildren.

1990s

Daniel Harvey Jones, ’90, Corvallis, OR • Eileen Joyce Larkin, ’90, Elgin, OR

2000s

Daniel Katz, ’01, McMinnville, OR • Colin Daniel Poellot, ’01, Tully, NY • X iaowei Tian, ’11, Corvallis, OR • Caroline Marie Moses, ’18, Corvallis, OR • Mitchell Keith Freeman, ’25, Corvallis, OR

Photo courtesy of Michael Moses

Caroline Moses, ’18

Caroline Moses died on Oct. 19, 2025, near Lincoln City, Oregon, after being swept out to sea by a sneaker wave while on an annual family camping trip. She was 43. In her second year as a well-loved kindergarten and middle school art teacher at Zion Lutheran Christian School in Corvallis, Moses was also an accomplished artist. She exhibited frequently in local galleries and was a member of the all-women’s artist collective The Nest. One of her most notable works, Bessie’s Blue, is a mosaic mural on Monroe Avenue depicting the endangered Fender’s blue butterfly and composed of 6,000 hand-painted squares. Known for her kindness, creativity and mischievous sense of humor, she lived by the guiding philosophy, “It is irresponsible to live a life without passion.” She is survived by her husband, Michael Moses, ’09, M.S. ’19, and their two sons, Wilderness and River, as well as her parents, siblings, nieces and nephews.

Students

Molly Lillian Nelson, Portland, OR • Ronith Singh Sethi, Salem, OR • Merrick Mavi Woldridge, Portland, OR

Faculty, Staff and Friends

Olaf A. Boedtker, Corvallis, OR • James Michael Caldwell, Salem, OR • Dave Conser, Castle Rock, CO • Evin Gary Hodge, Portland, OR • Evan Jaqua, Portland, OR • Joan Johanson • Daniel Lew, Davis, CA • Patti Littlehales, Newport, OR • Dominique Matteson, West Hartford, CT • William D. Montgomery • Keith W. Muckleston, Milwaukie, OR • Jean R. Natter, Beaverton, OR • Hoa Nguyen • Colleen O’Toole, West Richland, WA • William G. Pearcy, Philomath, OR • Andrew Pinkowski, Lake Oswego, OR • Sandra K. Rea, Greendale, IN • Joseph E. Robertson Jr., Greensburg, IN • Barbara Ethel Rosenberg • Joey Running, Brownsville, OR • Susan R. Shields, Lake Oswego, OR • Sara J. White, San Carlos, CA • Catherine Worley, Corvallis, OR

Photo courtesy of OSU College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

William G. Pearcy

William G. Pearcy, a pioneering Oregon State University oceanographer whose research helped transform scientific understanding of Pacific salmon in the open ocean, died Nov. 22, 2025. He was 96. One of five founding members of Oregon State’s Department of Oceanography, Pearcy built an internationally respected career as a biological oceanographer, publishing more than 150 scientific papers and authoring the landmark 1992 book Ocean Ecology of North Pacific Salmonids, a classic in the field. Pearcy contributed to early research submersible dives off the Pacific Northwest coast and received many of the profession’s highest honors, including from the American Fisheries Society, the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization. In retirement, he tended a 60-acre farm near Philomath filled with fruit trees and sheep with his wife, Amy Schoener. He was predeceased by Schoener and is survived by his brother, David; his children, Lisanne, Mark and Karla Pearcy-Marston; and three granddaughters.

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