Wasco-Morrow-Union County OR Archives Obituaries.....Brashers, Claude Spencer January 5, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 15, 2005
     Claude Spencer Brashers, 89, a resident of Dallesport and a former 
resident of Lyle, died at the local hospital on Jan. 25, 2005.
     He was born March 25, 1915 in Ione, the last of four children born to 
Mattie (Head) and Watt D. Brashers.
     He went to school in Ione and finished his schooling at La Grande.
     Later he was in the trucking business with his brother Bill. That lasted 
until 1943 and at that time he and his brother purchased the J. H. McCoy ranch 
on High Prairie, naming it the Brashers Brothers Ranch. In 1950 they received 
the conservation farmer of the year award.
     He married Elma (Axtell) Krusow on Sept. 19, 1974. They continued to farm 
for two years until the ranch was sold in 1976. The couple then moved to Lyle 
where they made their home for 22 years. They moved to Dallesport in 1998.
     They spent much time traveling over the U.S., especially enjoying their 
trip to Alaska in the fall of 2004. They were members of the Good Sam Travel 
Club for many years.
     In earlier years he liked old cars, fishing, boating, hunting and riding 
horses. Later on he enjoyed family picnics and tinkering in his shop in 
Dallesport.
     He was a 60-year member of Elks Lodge No. 303 in The Dalles, a 29-year 
member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a 25-year member of the Columbia 
Grange No. 87 at Lyle and also belonged to the Lyle Volunteer Fire Department 
while living in Lyle.
     Survivors include his wife, Elma, Dallesport; nephews, Don Brashers, 
Lyle; Dale Brashers, Dallesport; and Jim Brashers, Lyle, and their wives and 
families as well as other nieces and nephews.
     He did not have any children, but had three stepsons, Stan L. Krusow, 
Umatilla; Fred C. Krusow, Goldendale; and Dan R. Krusow (deceased) and their 
wives. From them he had numerous step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
     He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, a brother and one 
nephew. 
     Memorial services will be held at Lyle Lions Community Center on March 25 
at 2:30 p.m. A potluck luncheon will follow the service.
     Memorials may be made to the Lyle Lions Community Center, Columbia Grange 
No. 87 or to the Lyle Fire Department.
     Graveside arrangements were be handled by Gardner Funeral Home’s Columbia 
River Crematory in White Salmon.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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