Monica St. Romain

Monica St. Romain passed away on June 7, 2023. She was born in South Bend, Indiana on Nov. 29, 1933. She spent all of her school years in South Bend and graduated from high school there. While working for the telephone company she was a pen-pal with a serviceman named Ralph St. Romain. After writing to each other for several months, they had three dates and were married. Ralph finished his military service and moved to Washington, where he got a job at Boeing, then finished college and got his first teaching job in Newport, Oregon. Monica went on to graduate from Oregon State University with a degree in journalism. She worked for the News Times in Newport, Oregon and freelanced for The Oregonian.