OBITUARY: VIOLA MERLE EBBS, 83, OF SPARKS, NEVADA, FORMERLY OF BEND, REPORTED THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earline Wasser May 2003 ********************************************************************************* The Dalles Chronicle May 6, 2003. Surnames: Ebbs, Eaton, Crabb, Martinez Viola Merle Ebbs, 83, of Sparks, Nevada, died at her home on May 1, 2003. She was born in Olathe, Colorado. She lived in Pine Grove (Oregon) 15 years and in Bend (Oregon) for 42 years. Since December of 2001 she resided with her son in Sparks. She was a charter member of the Pine Grove Community Club, a 4H leader, and served several years in the First Christian Church of Bend and Christian Women's Fellowship Committees. She was preceded in death by her husband, Buell, in 1982, and her son, Ralph, who was killed in 1969 during the VietNam conflict. Surviving is her son Thomas Ebbs and daughter-in-law Betty Ebbs, Sparks, Ralph's wife at death, Barbara Eaton, Gaston; grandchildren, Delisa (Ebbs) and David Crabb, Portland; William and Sonia Ebbs of Sparks; and Ralph Ebbs, Reno, Nevada; great-grandchildren Annalisa Crabb, Grace Crabb, and Stephen Crabb, Portland; Danilo Martinez, Kaitlyn Ebbs, Junior Martinez, Koraleigh Ebbs, Katherine Martinez, Tara Ebbs and Thomas Ebbs, Sparks. Memorial service will be held May 10, 2003, 2 p.m. at the Discovery Christian Church, 334 N.W. Newport Avenue, Bend. Donations may be given to the American Cancer Society.