From Ellen's daughter: >The following is the obit which we put into the Oregonian, Eugene Register >and the Burn, OR newspaper. >************************************* > Ellen Maring (nee Stephens) Benedict passed away June 26, 2005. Born in > Eugene, Oregon August 28, 1931, she married Benjamin Albert Benedict in > Eugene, Oregon, June 17 1951. They were married 54 years. Ellen obtained > her Ph. D. degree from Portland State University in 1978 in Environmental > Sciences and Resources - Biology. She taught biology at Portland State > University and Malheur Field Station, and served as an adjunct professor > of Biology at Pacific University. Her scientific research included the > systematics and biogeography of pseudoscorpions, and the ecology of > caves, with publications in the Journal of Arachnology as well as Caves > and Other Volcanic Landforms of Central Oregon, Guidebook NSS Geology & > Biology Fieldtrip 1982; A Self-Guided Auto Tour of Diamond Craters, > Oregon Geologic Gem; and other professional and popular articles. She has > edited: North American Biospeleology (four years), Oregon DAR Newsletter > (eight years) and The Forum Insider (four years). For most of 1980, she > had been employed by the Burns District of the Bureau of Land Management > in an on-site study of Diamond Craters that culminated in its > establishment as an Outstanding Natural Area (ONA). A fellow of the > National Speleological Society, she chaired the 1982 N.S.S. Convention in > Bend, Oregon, in keeping with her long and continuing interest in the > lava caves and flora and fauna of Eastern Oregon. Ellen is survived by > husband Benjamin, four sons and one daughter; Mark (Vancouver, WA), Earl > (Eugene, OR), Lyle (Chicago, IL), Alice Knapp (Apple Valley, CA), & Alan > (Tacoma, WA), and nine grandchildren. > A past officer of the Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc., she joined the > National Genealogical Society in 1990, and was the National Program > Chairman for the 1991 NGS Conference in the States. She received the > National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 1988 Continental > Congress Award as Outstanding State Lineage Research Chairman, and served > a three year term as National Chairman of Lineage Research. Ellen also > was an Honorary State Regent of the Oregon State Society Daughters of the > American Revolution. > Remembrances to The Ellen Benedict Fund, Malheur Field Station, 34848 > Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, OR 97721. A memorial service will be held at 11 > am at the summit of Mt Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon on July 23, 2005. >************************* > >Regarding the memorial service the gate is closed at the very top of Mt >Tabor Park to cars. We will have a gate key but only one car at a time >will be allowed to go to the top to drop off people and then to come back >down. If you can walk up please do so. We were told that we were only >allowed to have 12 chairs besides any wheelchairs, but I feel that if you >bring camping chairs to sit on this would be only. The memorial will be >very informal and we think only about 20 minutes at most. > >Thank you very much, >Alice Knapp