Lynne Weaver; Beloved mother, sister and friend, Lynne Weaver of Santa Rosa, (formerly of Roseburg), was laid to rest at Fernwood Green Cemetery in Mill Valley [Marin Co., CA] on Thursday, November 10, 2016. Family and friends gathered to celebrate the gift of Lynne's life at her home in Santa Rosa.

In Roseburg on Saturday January 21, 2017, join friends and family to celebrate and honor Lynne’s life at an Open House at Cooper Ridge Winery, 1389 Old Garden Valley Rd, Roseburg, OR 97471, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(Notice published in the Roseburg, OR "The News-Review" on Jan. 14, 2017.)

Lynne Weaver passed away suddenly on Wednesday, November 2nd at her home in Santa Rosa, California. She was 61 years old.

Beloved mother, sister and friend, Lynne will be remembered most for her wide smile, her passionate optimism, and the way she fiercely championed those she loved.

She was born June 8, 1955 and was raised in Portola Valley, CA. Having grown up in the Bay Area during the Civil Rights Era, she developed a passion for social justice, ecology and progressive causes early on in her life. She was a women’s rights advocate as well as an early adopter of organic farming, recycling and conservation, and environmental protection. She attended Ravenswood High School in East Palo Alto and earned her degree in Biology from The University of California at Santa Cruz.

After spending several years in Petaluma living as an artist and working for The Renaissance Faire, she eventually took a job in high tech marketing. Her professional career led her to Pennsylvania, back to the Bay Area, and eventually to Roseburg, OR, where she devoted herself to motherhood and raising her two daughters.

While her children were in high school, she would earn a Master’s Degree from Golden Gate University and put her tenacious business skills to good use at Oregon Pacific Bank, where she was head of marketing. In recent years Lynne made her way back home to California and began working in the wine industry. She loved sharing wine and talking with travelers in the tasting rooms as Kunde and C. Donatello wineries in Sonoma County.

She was also a member of the Petaluma Wheelmen, Colavita and Santa Rosa Cycling Clubs and an advocate for many charitable organizations, most notably Shots for Tots in Roseburg, OR.

Lynne was an artist and renaissance woman in every sense of the word. She could exercise her creativity in the kitchen, in the landscape, on paper in a drawing, in the many artisan details throughout her elegant home but most memorably when she danced and when she made music on her violin or accordion beside the fire after a meal or out on the deck in the afternoon. She loved to be outdoors, she loved tending a garden and pampering her cats with warmed fresh cream every morning, and she never missed an opportunity for evening walks among the redwoods and ferns at her home in Oregon. She was an avid cook and often entertained family and friends in lively conversation around her table.

A free spirit, a seeker with such love of life and adventure, Lynne was a powerhouse who raced in triathlons, rode the 100 mile Tour of the Unknown Coast and just this past summer joined five male cyclists on a rigorous crossing of The Pyrenees in Spain and the South of France. She was generous with her heart, a true force of love and encouragement that propelled so many along.

Lynne is survived by her daughters, Larissa and Serena Board of Portland, OR; her brother, Tom Weaver and his wife Gayle Arrowood of Sonoma; cousins Peigi Cleminshaw Chace and Duncan and Mary Cleminshaw; her stepchildren, Rebecca Board Liljenstolpe of Soquel, CA; Jon Board of San Francisco; Christine Board of St. Louis, MO; Chris Board of Albuquerque, NM; Jessica Blume of Portland, OR and Jason Blume of Veneta, OR; as well as many nieces and dear friends.

She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Harry and Dr. Ellen Weaver of San Rafael; her brother, Mark Weaver; and her grandparents Harry Sr. and Sisi Weaver of Los Altos.

She was laid to rest on a western facing hillside at Fernwood Cemetery in Mill Valley. Family and friends will gather to celebrate the gift of Lynne’s life on Saturday, November 12th.