In Loving Memory of Ellen Arvidson

Feb. 10, 1960—Feb. 24, 2006

Ellen Shawn Arvidson, of Boulder, Colorado, died in her sleep Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, in Boulder. She was 46.

The daughter of Charles L. Evans and Claire Patrick Evans, she was born Feb. 10, 1960, in Boulder. She married Robert E. Arvidson on May 24, 1988.

Mrs. Arvidson lived in Boulder from 1960 until 1994 and returned to Boulder in 2005.

A graduate of Metropolitan State College of Denver, with a bachelor's degree, Mrs. Arvidson enjoyed studying military history, doing needlework and watercolor painting.

She was a "devoted mother, a kind friend to many, and a devout Christian," her family said.

Survivors include her mother, Claire Evans, of Boulder; a brother, Joel Evans, of South Dakota; her husband, Robert Arvidson, of Virginia; a son, Erik Arvidson, of Virginia; and a daughter, Vanessa Arvidson, of Virginia.

She was preceded in death by her father.