Babb, Lindsay A. 

28 04/08/1982 06/22/2010 A celebration of life for Lindsay A. 
Babb will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Fullers 
Farm rugby field located on 2565 S.W. Ek Road, West Linn. 
Lindsay passed away in Portland June 22, 2010. She was 28. 
Lindsay was born April 8, 1982, to Mike and Valerie (Stursa) 
Babb in Eugene. She attended Spring Creek Elementary School, 
Madison Middle School and graduated in 2000 from North 
Eugene High School. While attending North Eugene High 
School, Lindsay excelled in track, basketball, and soccer and 
was third team All-State goalie in soccer her senior year at 
North. Lindsay graduated from the University of Oregon with a 
degree in sociology and a minor in Spanish. After graduation, 
Lindsay spent time in Spain teaching English. While attending 
UO, Lindsay found her passion in playing rugby. "Babb" was an 
outstanding rugby player in the Portland area for Oregon 
Sports Union (ORSU). She played with the utmost heart and was 
a huge inspiration to her teammates. Lindsay had an awesome 
singing voice, beautiful smile and kind heart. She brought joy 
and happiness to everyone she met and made the world a 
better place by being in it. Lindsay also loved a good party. At 
the time of her death, Lindsay was a supervisor at the New 
Seasons Market in Portland. Lindsay is survived by her loving 
parents; brothers, Brady and Kasey Babb; sister-in-law, Joyce 
Babb; nephew, Cameron Babb; grandparents, Sylvia and Randy 
Prouse and Shirley and Bert Babb; along with a huge array of 
aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who love and miss her 
dearly. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Ken 
Stursa. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made 
to the Oregon Sports Union (ORSU) Lindsay Babb Memorial 
Fund at any Pacific Continental Bank. Arrangements by 
Musgrove Family Mortuary, Eugene. Lindsay's family wishes to 
thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.

Published in The Oregonian on June 25, 2010