Written by Gary Ivey
To Commemorate a great Friend, Cal Elshoff (1928 – 2021)
Cal Elshoff left this world in late March. He was married to Alice, for 62 years. Cal spent his career as a biology teacher and maintained friendships with many of his students. After retirement, he spent about 12 years as a Malheur Refuge volunteer and has been a member of Friends of Malheur Refuge since we founded in 1999. His wife, Alice, continues to serve as Vice-President of the FOMR Board.
Cal loved nature! He fished, hunted, birded, and he loved natural things. He was a regular volunteer on our Friends work parties, accomplishing many things, including removing unnecessary wildlife-threatening barb wire from the refuge, cleaning up the local refuge highway, installing refuge signage, maintaining trails and landscaping. After moving back to Bend, Cal also became an active volunteer at a local golf course where he took initiative to install bird houses.
If you knew Cal and have a memory of of him, please share it with us so that we may all celebrate the impact he had on our lives. We will miss Cal deeply and know that if he touched your lives, you will too.
Alice’s wishes are that any contributions towards Cal’s memory be made to a conservation group of your choice, or to Partners In Care, a Bend Hospice group.
