Longtime local band teacher killed in Zimbabwe
PORTLAND, Ore. – Jeff Cumpston, of West Linn, a longtime local high school band teacher, was killed over the weekend after a motorcycle struck him while he was riding his bike near his home in Zimbabwe.
Cumpston and his family moved to Zimbabwe last year so he could teach at the International School in Harare.
He taught band at Aloha High School for 12 years and for the past 12 years was the band and orchestra director at West Linn High School. At the same time, he was recording and performing locally as a professional musician.
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