Duane Karstens Obituary

Duane Karstens attended Centennial High School in Gresham, OR. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Duane Karstens.

Graduation Year	Class of 1965
Date of Passing	(unknown)
About	Our 10th year reunion was the only 1965 Centennial reunion that I've been invited to. I remember reading that Duane died before then. The cause was liver or kidney failure. Duane's picture is in the senior section of our 1965 Centhiscan, but there isn't anything listed below his name. I was only in one class with Duane. We sat beside each other in Mrs. Prescott's Sophomore advanced English class. He was quiet, with a quirky sense of humor. I was sad to read about his death.

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Cheryl Helseth '65 said:

I apologize for saying that Duane died. According to Google he is alive and well and living in Happy Valley. It was Dennis Kernan who died. Google shows that he died at the age of 20 - Sgt. Dennis Kernan died on January 8, 1968. I was pretty sure that I had read that he died of kidney or liver failure, but I imagine that he easily could have died in Viet Nam.

I got the initials wrong. Duane, if you ever read this, you can say what Mark Twain once said, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated!" Please accept my apology.

Posted June 25th, 2025

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