Phyllis O'Gara Currens

Phyllis died in the summer of 2009. Phyllis and her family have long ties to Sierra County. She and her siblings, Chloe and Geoffrey O’Gara, own the family house on the Yuba River down the street from the Sierra City post office. Phyllis was a Forest Service fire jumper, a biologist, an accomplished artist and poet, wife, and mother. Phyllis and her mother are now buried together in the Sierra City Cemetery.

A slide show tribute is preserved on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=ESEYUvennUo.