60 OregonStater.org OSU COLLEGE OF EARTH, OCEAN, AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ; COURTESY OF MICHAEL MOSES OUR COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCE 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 • 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. 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. 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
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