Mariel Mae Trapani

Mariel Mae Trapani passed away June 16, 2016 in Newport, Oregon. Born Mariel Mae Olson on September 3, 1928 to Milton and Mildred Simms Olson, she grew up on her maternal family's farm in Clackamas County, Oregon, just outside Beavercreek. Mariel graduated from Oregon City High School in 1946, where she served in the Alpha Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. She attended Oregon State College and the University of Oregon Medical School. She was a trained medical laboratory technician and practiced in California and Colorado. Mariel later completed her Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University in 1973. In 1952 she married Ignatius Louis (Lou) Trapani of San Francisco, California. They lived in Palo Alto and Sierra Madre, California while he did his graduate work at Stanford and Cal Tech. They moved to Aurora, Colorado in 1960 and to Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1969. Both of their grown children are graduates of Glenwood Springs High School. In December 2000 they retired to Depoe Bay, Oregon, making their home in Little Whale Cove. Lou passed away February 13, 2012. Mariel is survived by her older brother, Richard (Dick) Olson of Oceanside, California, her two children Teresa Diane Trapani of Oslo, Norway and Paul Gerard Trapani and his wife, Tara, of Middlesex, Vermont. She was pre-deceased by three infants: Matthew Ignatius, born August 4, 1960; Mark David, stillborn December 22, 1964; and Christopher Louis, born November 16, 1966. She is also survived by seven grandchildren: Karen Worthy; Mark Teeuwen; Christopher Vardan; Lezane Trapani; Juliette Trapani; Genevieve Trapani; and Rose Maguire, as well as six great-grandchildren: Alex, Logan, and Ethan Worthy; Finn and Morrigan McCormick; and Charlotte Vardan. Mariel was an avid gardener and a gifted watercolor painter, weaver, and craftsperson. She gave freely to her church and community and did volunteer work for many organizations, both in Colorado and Oregon. She will always be remembered for her warm, generous nature, her gentle smile, spiritual wisdom, and loving presence. A funeral mass to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m. PDT at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport, Oregon. A reception will follow. The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Oregon Food Bank (oregonfoodbank.org) or to the Meals on Wheels program through the Newport Senior Center (541-265-9617). The Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. Amen.

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Mariel Mae Trapani

September 3, 1928 - June 16, 2016