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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Obituaries Continued from page 16 William N. Miller Roberta Jeanne Beach Continued from page 16 July 8, 1918 — March 18, 2016 drove his camper van solo for 8,000 miles around the U.S. Born in the Utica, N.Y. area, the son of Marion (Gurley) and Henry F. Miller, he was a long-time friend of Bill W. He was predeceased by a brother Henry and a son, Gregg, and leaves his remain- ing son, Gary N. Miller, 64, a well-known Sisters IT professional, musician, pho- tographer and skier; Gary’s wife, Beckie Zimmerman; an “adopted” son John Conners of Charlotte, N.C.; a brother (and best friend), Richard Miller, of South Orleans, Mass.; a sister, Marion (Babs) Hinton, of Vestal, N.Y.; plus numerous loving nephews, nieces, great and great-great grandchildren and untold friends scattered around the world. Each will always remember Bill Miller as the Most Interesting Man they have known and a life- time hero. There will be no service per se but a celebration will be planned for a yet-to-be- determined date. Memorial donations may be made in Bill’s memory to Sisters Habitat for Humanity. Roberta Jeanne Beach, beloved mother and mother- in-law, 97, passed from this life to eternal life on March 18, 2016, in Salem. Roberta was born July 8, 1918, in Jackson, Michigan, to Fern Hammond Moore and John T. Moore. The family moved West and she attended schools in Washington and Oregon, graduating from Queen Anne High School in Seattle. During a return visit to Jackson, she met the love of her life, the late Harold L. Beach, and they were mar- ried August 30, 1936, in Trinity Episcopal Church, a union that endured 68 years until his death in 2004. Three sons were born to them – Byron, the late Douglas, and Gerald. The family’s best memo- ries are of those times they spent on the Metolius River in Camp Sherman beginning in the 1950s, when the five miles of road from Highway 20 to the river were unpaved red cinder. A mobile home at Black Butte Resort became the site of many family gatherings, with Roberta cooking for the family and Harold sharing his expertise at fly fishing. She worked many years at Meier and Frank’s wine and deli department in Portland, grew beautiful flowers and knitted, cro- cheted and sewed for fam- ily, for the Union Gospel Mission and many other organizations, especially those serving children. Reading her Bible was a daily and integral part of her life. She is survived by sons Byron Beach (Lee) of Klamath Falls; Denise B e a c h o f G o o d y e a r, Arizona; and Gerald (Shirley) Beach of Ferndale, Wash.; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Special thanks for the loving care provided by her caregiver team, including Georgia Litsey, Mike and Gwen, and Hospice, and to Assistance League, which through its program of deliv- ering books to shut-ins, gave her many enjoyable hours of reading. A private family service will be held on the Metolius. Any memorial in her name can be directed to Union Gospel Mission, 745 Commercial Street N.E., Salem, OR 97301. Sheriff investigates captain’s missing file BEND (AP) — An Oregon sheriff’s office is investigating the apparent disappearance of a back- ground file on an officer who has been indicted on federal charges. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office could not find the pre-employment background check of for- mer Capt. Scott Beard, reported The Bulletin. Beard was fired from his position as head of the detectives division after his February indictment on charges that he stole public money, pass- port fraud and money laun- dering. He has pleaded not guilty. “We believe the back- ground investigation was removed from the Human Resources File Room,” Sheriff Shane Nelson wrote in an email Thursday. “The time period in which it was removed and who removed it also continues to be under investigation.” The missing file is part of a larger internal investiga- tion. The federal indictment claims Beard took more than $200,000 in public funds intended for inves- tigative purposes between January 2014 and September 2015. According to the indict- ment, Beard used the money to buy vacations, cosmetic surgery and a motorcycle for a woman he was hav- ing an affair with. She is a former employee of the office. Beard was hired full-time in 2002 and became cap- tain—one rank below sher- iff—by 2012. 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