Death of unvaccinated Estacada teacher, 46, alarms union May 20 2021
The Estacada school community is grieving after a longtime middle school teacher died from COVID-19.
On Tuesday, May 11, The Oregonian reported that Samantha Fox died the previous Saturday, a week after testing positive for the virus. She had not been vaccinated.
Fox, 46, had taught in the Estacada School District for more than 20 years. Her most recent role was as a sixth- and seventh-grade language arts and service learning teacher at Estacada Middle School. She is survived by her mother, husband and two teenage sons.
Fox tested positive for the virus on Saturday, May 1. Her last day teaching students on campus was Tuesday, April 27.