• Social worker was also very social woman
"When I was a little girl," E. Jay Greger often declared, "I was the center of the universe."

• Albert R. Brahm
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Willamette National Cemetery for Albert R. Brahm, who died Oct. 3 at age 86.

• Animator gave the Flintstones, Yogi Bear their appeal
LOS ANGELES -- Ed Benedict, a legendary animator who put life, love and laughter in TV cartoon characters such as Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Yogi Bear, has died at the age of 94.

• Carl O. Ahnert
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in Estacada Funeral Chapel for Carl O. Ahnert, who died Oct. 13 at age 76.

• Carol Jean Brodala
A service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Columbia Funeral Home for Carol Jean Brodala, who died Oct. 11 at age 57.

• Cheryl Faye Meinig
A memorial service will start at noon Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2005, in Lakeside Gardens in Portland for Cheryl Faye Meinig, who died Oct. 12 at age 59.

• Cyril A. Roeder
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Christ Church Apostolic in Oregon City for Cyril A. Roeder, who died Oct. 12 at age 71.

• Ex-chief guided Park Service's growth spurt
William Whalen III, a director of the National Park Service in the Carter administration who oversaw the doubling of the park system's size with the creation of 10 parks in Alaska, died Sept. 28 in Greenbrae, Calif. He was 66 and lived in Roseville, Calif.

• Frank Gustav Gordon Nelson
A service will be at noon Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Willamette National Cemetery for Frank Gustav Gordon Nelson, who died Oct. 6 at age 74.

• Genevieve F. Nossaman
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, in Emanuel Lutheran Church in Cornelius for Genevieve F. Nossaman, who died Oct. 9 at age 99.

• Geographer Gilbert White studied human interaction
Gilbert F. White, a geographer whose lifework on human interaction with the environment proved influential in the world ecological movement, died of dehydration Oct. 5 at his home in Boulder, Colo. He was 94.

• Harriette P. Ruscheinsky
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Christ the King Catholic Church in Milwaukie for Harriette P. Ruscheinsky, who died Oct. 13 at age 82. A vigil service will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Sunnyside Little Chapel of the Chimes.

• Helen D. Lucas
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in Sunnyside Little Chapel of the Chimes for Helen D. Lucas, who died Oct. 4 at age 86.

• Henry Rogers III
A memorial service will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Bateman Carroll Funeral Home for Henry "Harry" Rogers III, who died Oct. 10 at age 71.

• Jacques Rene DeKalb
A gathering will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Laurelwood Public House and Brewery in Portland for Jacques Rene DeKalb, who died Oct. 6 of cancer at age 87.

• Janice LaJean Herman
Janice LaJean Herman died Oct. 10, 2006, at age 66.

• Kenneth Roy Williams
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oregon City for Kenneth Roy Williams, who died Oct. 8 at age 90.

• 'Mother of women's rowing' dies
Slowed by a stroke and 94 years old, Ernestine Bayer hesitated before stepping onto the uneven dock standing between her and a double shell that waited for her on the Squamscott River in Massachusetts.

• Paul Louis Klein
A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Portland for Paul Louis Klein, who died Oct. 11 of complications of a brain injury at age 38. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Zeller Chapel of the Roses.

• Robert B. Engerman
Recitation of the rosary followed by a Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Milwaukie for Robert B. Engerman, who died Oct. 12 at age 91.

• Sharon Ann Ryan
A memorial service will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in Memorial Gardens Funeral Chapel in Vancouver for Sharon Ann Ryan, who died Oct. 12 at age 63.

• Software founder pioneered networking
Raymond J. Noorda, a co-founder of Novell Inc., a software company that helped pioneer computer networking, died Monday at his home in Orem, Utah. He was 82.

• Virginia I. Larson
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, in Bateman Carroll Funeral Home for Virginia I. Larson, who died Oct. 9 at age 91.