Mary Celeste Alexander
March 25, 1954 - March 5, 2025
Mary C. Alexander died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 5 in Albany, Oregon at the age of 70 after a long back and forth with cancer. Mary is survived by her husband, Richard Guggenbickler; siblings Martha, Tom, Kevin, Pat, Teresa, Chuck; sons Matthew, David, and Aaron; and grandchildren Arman, Elina, Alex, and Elliott. She is preceded in death by brothers Jim and Denis. Mary was born on March 25, 1954 in Salem, Oregon to Raymond Alexander and Corinne Porter. She graduated from Pendleton High School in 1972 and later received her RN in 1994 from the BMCC Nursing program in Pendleton. At different times in her life, Mary played community softball, line-danced to country-western music, polished her public-speaking skills with Toastmasters, and worked for the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. In 2016, she married Richard Guggenbickler. They raised a dog (Happy) and several cats (Callie, Lily, and Nona) together. As an infection-control specialist at Good Samaritan in Corvallis, Mary was known for having a keen nose for microbial mischief. She was often called on to use her acute sense of smell in identifying suspect infections. A Master Gardener, she kept an immaculately well-maintained
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