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Elspeth Alexander Obituary
Elspeth Dautoff Alexander, 87, resident of Shoreline, Washington, passed away peacefully November 30, 2017 in Seattle. She was born December 13, 1929 in Portland, Oregon, and received degrees from Oregon State University and Mills College. Preceded in death by her husband Stuart M. Alexander, she is survived by her son David Alexander of Bellevue, Washington, her son Kenneth Alexander of Culver City California with his wife Crystal, her daughter Ann Alexander of Palo Alto, California with her husband Paul; and grandchildren Glenn and Evan. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Feeding America, http://www.feedingamerica.org/
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John Lienhard
April 19, 2018
The odd thing is, I hardly knew Elspeth. She was an Oregon State College classmate whom I encountered, but did not get to know at all well personally, during occasional student gatherings. But here's the thing: Elspeth had a blazing brilliance that I could never forget. Anyone with a love of language found her fluency downright hypnotic.
I've often wondered, throughout the last 67 years, what her lebenslauf looked like. Just now, the latest OSU magazine took note of her death, and I immediately looked her up. I was very happy to see that she lived a long and fruitful life, putting her remarkable abilities to good use. And her children should know how she lit things up back as OSC during the intense GI Bill days just after WW-II.
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December 29, 2017
We have fond memories of Elspeth at our Shoreline senior center scrabble club.
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