This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marysday Surnames: Bezinover, Lacey, Duerr, Camarillo, Lapp, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lincoln/5485/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Times, Newport, OR 97365 Posted: Wednesday, Jul 14th, 2010 Kathleen Bezinover Kathleen Anne (Lacey) Bezinover, 56, of South Beach, Ore., died July 5, 2010 at her home. She was born Jan. 2, 1954 in Portland and grew up in Pendleton. She was a talented musician studying voice and viola with the first Suzuki program in the United States. She was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and went on to study voice with Leslie Breidenthal at the University of Oregon in Eugene, earning her bachelor's degree. After a year in Germany making choral recordings with Maestro Helmut Reiling, she returned to Eugene to earn her master's degree and continue voice training. In 1985, she relocated to New York City where she met her husband, Charlie, a tenor at an opera rehearsal. They were married Nov. 24,1990 in Eugene but made their home in New York. She continued vocal studies with the internationally renowned teacher Rita Patane and with Gildo DiNuccio of the Metropolitan Opera. She became the leading soprano with the Long Island Opera and performed more than 20 leading opera roles. Kat, as she was affectionately known to everyone, and Charlie relocated to West Palm Beach, Fla., where they both performed for seven years with Palm Beach Opera under the baton of the late Maestro Anton Guadagno. In September 2000, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and came home to Oregon. During the past 10 years, she and Charlie traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Alaska and Mexico. She continued performing concerts in Newport at the Performing Arts Center with her friends Jess Smith and Marylee Scoville and the Central Coast Chorale. She and Charlie organized and performed with other local talent in the Voices for Life Concert Series hosted by the Samaritan Lifesaver's Relay for Life Team, raising funds for cancer research. She is survived by her husband, Charlie; parents, Lavonne and Derald Lacey of Fossil, Ore.; grandmother, Mabel Lacey of Pendleton; brother, Andrew Lacey of Pendleton; sister, Diana Duerr of Newport; and nieces, Candace Fox Camarillo of Portland and Adrienne Lapp, Jessica Lapp, Nicholas Lacey and John Ryan Lacey all of Pendleton. At her request, no viewing will be held. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 19, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Newport, followed by interment of her ashes at Eureka Cemetery in Newport. A Voices For Life concert will be held in her memory and in celebration of her life at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Bateman Funeral Home in Newport is handling arrangements. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.