NEWBERG, Ore. - Edward Beals passed away Dec. 27, 2015. He was born July 1, 1933, in Wichita, Kan. He attended Scattergood Friends School in West Branch, Iowa, and graduated in 1951. After writing to his draft board to explain that, as a Quaker, he could not register for the draft he was sentenced to two years in prison when he turned 18, of which he served one.
He received his B.A. in biology from Earlham College, Ind., where he also studied organ under Lawrence Apgar. He then completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After several years teaching overseas (Lebanon and Ethiopia), he returned to the University of Wisconsin for the next 28 years, where he served on both the zoology and botany faculties. While there, he was charter member of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers. He won the 1984 Frescobaldi Organ Competition sponsored by the British magazine Musical Opinion, for a three-movement work, “Homage to Frescobaldi.” He held a number of church music positions throughout his life.
Upon retiring from Wisconsin, he taught for 11 years at Unity College in Maine. He was past dean of the Central Maine Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He retired again and moved to Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, Ore. He continued to teach as a guest lecturer as well as occasionally teaching full courses at George Fox University. He finally truly retired the year of his 80th birthday.
Ed had a lifelong love of travel, plants and birds. His last two trips, taken in his late 70s, took him to the Great Wall of China and also to Spain where he boarded a boat to the Falkland Islands to, among other things, see penguins for the first time.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Pauline and Ellis H. Beals, and brother, David E. Beals. He is survived by daughter, Monica L. Beals, and sister, Roberta Beals Ruebel.
Memorial services were held Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael - San Miguel’s Episcopal Church, 110 S. Everest St., Newberg, Ore. In lieu of flowers, well-wishers are encouraged to donate to their local church.
(Madison.com Feb 6, 2016)
He received his B.A. in biology from Earlham College, Ind., where he also studied organ under Lawrence Apgar. He then completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After several years teaching overseas (Lebanon and Ethiopia), he returned to the University of Wisconsin for the next 28 years, where he served on both the zoology and botany faculties. While there, he was charter member of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers. He won the 1984 Frescobaldi Organ Competition sponsored by the British magazine Musical Opinion, for a three-movement work, “Homage to Frescobaldi.” He held a number of church music positions throughout his life.
Upon retiring from Wisconsin, he taught for 11 years at Unity College in Maine. He was past dean of the Central Maine Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He retired again and moved to Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, Ore. He continued to teach as a guest lecturer as well as occasionally teaching full courses at George Fox University. He finally truly retired the year of his 80th birthday.
Ed had a lifelong love of travel, plants and birds. His last two trips, taken in his late 70s, took him to the Great Wall of China and also to Spain where he boarded a boat to the Falkland Islands to, among other things, see penguins for the first time.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Pauline and Ellis H. Beals, and brother, David E. Beals. He is survived by daughter, Monica L. Beals, and sister, Roberta Beals Ruebel.
Memorial services were held Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael - San Miguel’s Episcopal Church, 110 S. Everest St., Newberg, Ore. In lieu of flowers, well-wishers are encouraged to donate to their local church.
(Madison.com Feb 6, 2016)
NEWBERG, Ore. - Edward Beals passed away Dec. 27, 2015. He was born July 1, 1933, in Wichita, Kan. He attended Scattergood Friends School in West Branch, Iowa, and graduated in 1951. After writing to his draft board to explain that, as a Quaker, he could not register for the draft he was sentenced to two years in prison when he turned 18, of which he served one.
He received his B.A. in biology from Earlham College, Ind., where he also studied organ under Lawrence Apgar. He then completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After several years teaching overseas (Lebanon and Ethiopia), he returned to the University of Wisconsin for the next 28 years, where he served on both the zoology and botany faculties. While there, he was charter member of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers. He won the 1984 Frescobaldi Organ Competition sponsored by the British magazine Musical Opinion, for a three-movement work, “Homage to Frescobaldi.” He held a number of church music positions throughout his life.
Upon retiring from Wisconsin, he taught for 11 years at Unity College in Maine. He was past dean of the Central Maine Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He retired again and moved to Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, Ore. He continued to teach as a guest lecturer as well as occasionally teaching full courses at George Fox University. He finally truly retired the year of his 80th birthday.
Ed had a lifelong love of travel, plants and birds. His last two trips, taken in his late 70s, took him to the Great Wall of China and also to Spain where he boarded a boat to the Falkland Islands to, among other things, see penguins for the first time.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Pauline and Ellis H. Beals, and brother, David E. Beals. He is survived by daughter, Monica L. Beals, and sister, Roberta Beals Ruebel.
Memorial services were held Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael - San Miguel’s Episcopal Church, 110 S. Everest St., Newberg, Ore. In lieu of flowers, well-wishers are encouraged to donate to their local church.
(Madison.com Feb 6, 2016)
He received his B.A. in biology from Earlham College, Ind., where he also studied organ under Lawrence Apgar. He then completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After several years teaching overseas (Lebanon and Ethiopia), he returned to the University of Wisconsin for the next 28 years, where he served on both the zoology and botany faculties. While there, he was charter member of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers. He won the 1984 Frescobaldi Organ Competition sponsored by the British magazine Musical Opinion, for a three-movement work, “Homage to Frescobaldi.” He held a number of church music positions throughout his life.
Upon retiring from Wisconsin, he taught for 11 years at Unity College in Maine. He was past dean of the Central Maine Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He retired again and moved to Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg, Ore. He continued to teach as a guest lecturer as well as occasionally teaching full courses at George Fox University. He finally truly retired the year of his 80th birthday.
Ed had a lifelong love of travel, plants and birds. His last two trips, taken in his late 70s, took him to the Great Wall of China and also to Spain where he boarded a boat to the Falkland Islands to, among other things, see penguins for the first time.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Pauline and Ellis H. Beals, and brother, David E. Beals. He is survived by daughter, Monica L. Beals, and sister, Roberta Beals Ruebel.
Memorial services were held Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael - San Miguel’s Episcopal Church, 110 S. Everest St., Newberg, Ore. In lieu of flowers, well-wishers are encouraged to donate to their local church.
(Madison.com Feb 6, 2016)
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