Professor Bettina Bjorksten-Orsech died February 17, 2008, in her 100th year! She was born Betty Bettina Feitler in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Her family fled the Nazi holocaust to Brazil in 1936. In 1937, she moved to the United States and in the same year, she married Johan Augustus Bjorksten. After living in Chicago and Philadelphia, the family moved to Madison in 1948, where Johan founded the Bjorksten Research Laboratories. They later divorced in 1954. In 1959, she married Madison orthodontist, Dr. George Orsech, who was also a talented photographer. Bettina, who was proficient in German, French, Italian and English, made her singing debut in Basel, Switzerland. Bettina continued an active performance career singing throughout the United States where she performed recitals and taught voice. In the 1950s she was invited to join the music department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where after a distinguished career she retired with the rank of full Professor. Bettina was especially known as an oratorio soloist and appeared with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and University of Wisconsin ensembles. In 1978, under the then mandatory University rules, she retired at age 70. Her last solo concert was sung at age 79. Professor Emerita Bjorksten continued to lecture on music and the arts at Edgewood College and on Wisconsin Public Radio. She maintained a private voice studio and was in demand as a beloved teacher and coach well into her 90s. She was active in civic and cultural groups including the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Opera, Elvejhem Museum of Art [now known as The Chazen], the Madison Audubon Society, Friends of the Arboretum, Phi Beta Arts & Performance Association and Euterpe Music Club. Bettina became a Quaker in Philadelphia in 1942; she was a member of the Madison Society of Friends from 1948. Bettina she was a devout Quaker for 66 years. She is survived by her son, Dr. Oliver Bjorksten; grandchildren, Julia Rennenkampf, Jon Bjorksten, Brad Bjorksten, Sybil Bjorksten Gohari; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sybil Joan Rennenkampf; grandson, Andrew Bjorksten; first husband, Dr. Johan Bjorksten [1907-1995]; and her second husband, Dr. George Orsech [1896-1968]. A memorial service to celebrate a full and valuable life was held February 24, 2008, at the Friends Meeting House in Madison.