The following obituary appeared recently in the Valley News of White River Junction, and is reprinted with their permission.
Oscar A. Romero, 57, died at home Thursday, April 6, 2006. For the past few months he had been battling pancreatic cancer.
He was born in Lima, Peru, on April 25, 1948, a son of Oscar Mario Romero and Muriel Smith-Palliser Steinbach. He attended the American School of Lima. Awarded a full scholarship to Dartmouth College, he arrived in Hanover in 1965 and graduated in 1970 with a major in economics and sociology. He met his future wife, Dena Rueb, a Hanover resident, in 1966. They were married in Peru in 1971. They returned to the United States in 1972 so Mr. Romero could attend the Darden School at the University of Virginia, where he received a master’s degree in business administration in 1974.
After he worked for Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C., he and his wife moved back to Hanover so he could assist his father-in-law in the management of the Camera Shop. In 1986 he bought the Camera Shop, which remains one of the few family-owned businesses on Main Street. He took great pride in his work and enjoyed interacting with customers. He had a wonderful sense of humor and a positive attitude toward life, which sustained him during cancer treatment and hospitalizations.
He loved classical music, reading and traveling. Over the past several years, he enjoyed many trips with his wife and family. He especially loved spending time with family members.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Oscar Emile Romero of Bethel, Conn.; two sisters, Muriel Hackman of Linwood, NH and Roxana Stephens of Binghamton, NY; a brother, Cesar Romero of Mocksville, NC; two nephews and seven nieces; and an adopted sister, Esther Loewengart of Forest Hills, NY.
His family asks that memorial contributions be made to a fund for international students at Dartmouth. Checks should be made out to the Charitable Foundation and sent to the International Office at Dartmouth College, 44 North College St, Suite 6202, Hanover, NH 03755.
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