Obituary of Miriam Starlin

Miriam Starlin, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend died on January 2 of chronic pulmonary disease. She was 98.She was born to John William and Sadie Stockton McFall on a sheep ranch by the Little Wood River in Lincoln County (Shoshone), Idaho, August 16, 1916. She had one older sister, Molly, who pre-deceased her.She graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1934 and from the University of Idaho in 1938 with a B.A. in English and Journalism, then moved to San Francisco where she worked for a pathologist at Stanford Medical School.She met D. Glenn Starlin at the University of Idaho in 1935, and they married in 1939 in Spokane, Washington. They enjoyed a special relationship for 59 years. They lived in Iowa City, IA, Akron, OH, and Arlington, VA before moving to Eugene in 1947 where Glenn started a professorship at the University of Oregon. They took sabbatical leaves for a year each to Ann Arbor, MI, Albany, NY, and London, England. They loved nature, music, the theatre, reading, travel, entertaining friends and family, activities connected to the University of Oregon and spending time at the family cabins at Priest Lake, ID.Her interests were universal, and she will be remembered by those who knew her as a spiritual and mystical soul, a loving friend and counselor, and a gifted poet.She is survived by: two sons Scott (Ann) and Clay (Sue); two grandsons Ben (Sara) and Drew (Michelle); 4 great grandchildren – Gabriella (10), Gavian (6), Kate (3) and Sam (1); 3 nieces (Gail, Jan, Jill) and 3 nephews (Jim Jr., Jim S., Jay).A celebration of Mir’s life will be held on February 14 from 2 to 4 p.m., at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church at 1300 Pearl St. (Please wear something purple - Mir’s favorite color).In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Miriam McFall Starlin Poetry Award, The Glenn Starlin Scholarship in Theater and Communications, or the Museum of Natural and Cultural History through the University of Oregon Foundation.Arrangements entrusted to Musgrove Family Mortuary. Please access the obituary and you are invited to sign the guestbook at musgroves.com.