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--> --> Jeffrey Allen Staver Jeffrey Allen Stewart, 32, of The Dalles, and formerly of Ashland, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001. Mr. Staver was born Oct. 11, 1969 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam, the first of three children to Robert and Janice (Gannon) Staver. He lived his first year on the island of Guam. After his family moved to The Dalles, in 1974, Jeffrey attended St. Mary's Academy and graduated from The Dalles High School in 1988. He studied architecture at the University of Oregon for four years before transferring to Southern Oregon University where he earned a BFA in Scenic Design with honors in the department of Theatre Arts in 1999. At SOU, Mr. Staver worked as technical director and scenic designer for numerous productions including Born Yesterday, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Cementville, Voice of the Prairie, Goodnight Desdemona, Goodmorning Juliet, and Night of the Iguana. He later interned at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland in the spring of 1999 and worked for the festival during the 1999 season. He was selected as the festival's technical director and assistant designer for the OSF Exhibit Center during the 2000 season. After completing one year of the MFA program in Scenic Design at the University of Washington, Jeffrey was on leave while designing sets for several productions in Portland. Mr. Staver enjoyed music, snowboarding, mountaineering, and ran in the Hood to Coast race several times. Survivors include his parents, Robert and Janice Staver of The Dalles.; a sister, Jennifer (Staver) Hohenlohe and her husband Paul of Corvallis; a brother, Jonathan Staver of Seattle, Wash.; his grandparents, Ruth and Cecil Staver of Fort Collins, Colo.; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Jeffrey Staver, SOU Foundation (in support of students in scenic design), 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, Ore. 97520. Arrangements are in care of Spencer, Libby, and Powell Funeral Home in The Dalles. Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Ashland Daily Tidings | Corvallis Gazette-Times | | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | Springfield News | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2001 Lee Northwest Publishing