About Benton Hospice Service
Benton Hospice Service has been a part of the healthcare community in the mid-Willamette Valley since 1980. Our goal is to provide compassionate, professional care at the end of life.
- History of Benton Hospice Service
- Mission, Vision, and Values Statements
- Key Hospice Contacts
- Current Board Members
- Website Artwork by Bonnie Hall
History of Benton Hospice Service
Founded in 1979, Benton Hospice Service is an independent, non-profit organization which is overseen by an all-volunteer Board of Directors.
The modern hospice movement began in 1967 when Cecily Saunders opened the first hospice in England. The idea of helping people die at home, in comfort and surrounded by family inspired Corvallis area healthcare professionals to begin a similar program here in Benton County. In 1977, physician David Kliewer and his wife Jean, a registered nurse, began experimenting with providing end-of-life care to the terminally ill. By 1979, a dedicated group founded Benton Hospice Service, and in 1980 an all-volunteer staff accepted its first patient.
The first year of operation, BHS served less than 20 patients with a volunteer staff working out of donated office space. In 2001, Benton Hospice Service moved into its current office, built with donations from the community. Today we serve over 350 patients annually with over 50 professional staff and more than 120 trained volunteers.
As BHS continues to grow, we remain committed to providing patients and families outstanding quality end-of-life care.
Mission, Vision, and Values Statements
Mission
Benton Hospice Service provides compassionate, professional care at the end of life. We strive to ease suffering, protect dignity, respect choices, and support grieving.
Vision
Over the next five years, BHS will creatively build on its high quality of service to better meet patient needs at the end of life. We will
- expand efforts to provide care at the earliest appropriate time in the patient's illness.
- develop appropriate settings for hospice care while preserving choice for the patient.
- provide comprehensive staffing even in the face of financial uncertainty.
- determine how to bridge gaps between life-extending treatments and traditional hospice care.
- assume a community leadership role on end-of-life issues.
- maintain organizational independence.
Values
Benton Hospice Service is committed to the following values:
- Integrity
- Stewardship
- Excellence
- Compassion
- Relationship-centered Care
Key Hospice Contacts
- Lucy Noone, Executive Director
- Kevin Worley, RN; Patient Care Coordinator
- Dana Evans, MSW, LCSW; Social Services Coordinator
- Joelle Osterhaus, Bereavement Coordinator
- Mari Beth Hackett, Volunteer Coordinator
- Linda Bunch, Executive Assistant and Human Resources Coordinator
- Karen Nousen, Outreach Coordinator
You can also reach any BHS staff member at (541) 757-9616
Current Board Members
| Jeanne Smith, Attorney Chair |
Jeanne Smith & Associates, PC |
|
Kay Schaffer, PhD |
Dean Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts |
|
Sheila Goodwin, RN |
Retired |
|
Scott Meeker, CPA |
Spectrum CPA Group, LLP |
|
John Bacon, MSW |
Therapist, Private Practice |
| Courtney Campbell, PhD |
Philosophy Department |
| Gary DeLander, PhD |
Dean, College of Pharmacy |
| Maxine Eckes | Academy for Lifelong Learning Oregon State University |
|
Gabriele Ford, RN |
Registered Nurse, |
| Cyrel Gable, MSW | Linn-Benton Community College |
|
Karen Griffis, FNP |
Samaritan Heart and Vascular Institute |
|
Pam Hediger, Attorney |
Evashevski, Elliott, Cihak & Hediger, PC |
| Simon Justice, Rector | Church of the Good Samaritan |
| Boyd Lyon | Partner, SynNovation Works, LLC SynnOps, LLC |
|
Lia McCabe |
Retired, non-profit administration |
|
Jason Phillips, MD |
Samaritan Internal Medicine |
|
Deb Rose |
Hewlett-Packard |
| Stephen Shields | Business Consultant |
|
Bruce Thomson, MD |
Corvallis Family Medicine |
| Tamina Toray, PhD |
Psychology Department |
Website Artwork by Bonnie Hall
The flower images on our website are the original artwork of Bonnie Hall.
"Bonnie Hall was born an artist. Though never formally trained, from her earliest school days she showed an innate talent for capturing life and transmitting it to paper. Through a nearly 40-year career as a scientific illustrator she regretted that her intensely detailed black-and-white drawings, though essential to the science, were shut away in scientific journals "very badly needed by very few people". When she discovered color seriagraphy, she found her life's mission. Her screenprints of native wildflowers and a few butterflies were immensely popular in the region. She was anxious that a larger public come to appreciate "the overlooked, the undervalued, or the threatened wild things native to our Pacific Northwest landscape."
Bonnie died of cancer, too young, at 72. She was at the height of her game, having almost mastered screenprinting after 12 years of struggle. Of the 32 large prints she produced, 14 are now out of print, and others are nearly sold out. This book is dedicated to her life and talent, in the hope that through this medium many more people will come to appreciate the natural world in the way that she did."
(from the introduction to Ever Blooming: The Art of Bonnie Hall)
Bonnie exhibited work in numerous juried events sponsored by regional arts associations and by the American Society of Botanical Artists, and continues to be represented by Pegasus Gallery in Corvallis, Oregon. Her work is collected in Ever Blooming: The Art of Bonnie Hall, published by Oregon State University Press.
Benton Hospice Service is grateful for the kind permission of Jim Hall to share Bonnie's artwork on our website and to Pegasus Gallery for their assistance.
California Poppy
Copa de Oro

Grass Widows
Olsynium douglasii

Western Trillium
Trillium ovatum

Tiger Lily
Lilium columbianum

Oregon Iris
Iris tenax

Stream Violet
Viola glabella

Menzies Larkspur
Delphinium menziesii









