Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Ellen Lanier
1949–1998
Submitted by Sam Beebe

Mother of two; environmentalist for ODFW, Metro, and the Oregon Zoo; teacher. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, she took out her savings, bought art, and travelled with her kids. She used holistic health care practices to live a year and a half after diagnosis.