Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Endersby, Avis Faye October 17, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, October 20, 2003
   Avis Faye Endersby, 91, a life-long resident of the Maupin area, died 
Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 at her home on Juniper Flat.
     She was born July 27, 1912 on Juniper Flat, near Maupin, to Roy Randolph 
and Violet (Miller) Crabtree and grew up attending schools in that area. She 
attended Maupin High School in 1927-1929 and played basketball. Following her 
marriage to Earnie Arthur Endersby in June 1929, she attended high school in 
Wapinitia, and graduated from there in 1930. The couple operated their wheat 
and cattle ranch on Juniper Flat most of their married lives.
     Mrs. Endersby was a homemaker, enjoying sewing, oil painting, cooking, 
music, and playing piano. She also participated in many community events, 
including the Wapinitia Good Neighbor Club, Lone Pine and Barlow Gate Granges, 
Home Extension program, and the Town and Country Players. She was an avid 
sports fan who attended most of the South Wasco County school events. She was 
recently recognized by the girls basketball team for 75 years of faithful 
support. Numerous times during the past five years, she has had five 
generations in attendance at local games. 
     She is survived by her daughters and their families; Barbra and Melvin 
Ambrose and Donna Lee and Dennis Ross, all of Maupin; her grandchilden and 
their families; Tom Ambrose, Donna and Randy Barton, all of Boardman, and Kim 
and Jim Burgett, Maupin, Sharon and Mike Carpenter, University Place, Wash., 
Theresa and Kevin Benton, Puyallup, Wash., Danielle and Mike Foreaker, Maupin, 
Michael and Mandy Ross of Luke AFB, Ariz., Heather and Gary Nychyk, Cape 
Coral, Fla.; great-grandchildren, Brooke and Bryan Barton, Amanda and Malori 
Ambrose, Michael and Lindee Burgett, Tim, Lauren, Aaron and Joe Dove, and 
Molly Foreaker, Michael and Morgan Ross, Adam and Steven Benton; a great-great-
granddaughter, Cari Barton. Also surviving is a brother, Carson E. Crabtree of 
Sunnyvale, Calif., and a brother-in-law, Royal Ward of Nehalem, and numerous 
nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earnie in 1989; 
a son, Arthur Val, in 1948; and a grandson, Timothy Ross, in 1968.
     Memorial services will be held at the Maupin Community Church on 
Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m., Pastor Asa Jenson presiding. Inurnment will be 
at the Kelly Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Canyon Rim 
Manor project, c/o Betty Lawson, Wamic, Ore., or to the Redsides Sports 
Program, PO Box 347, Maupin, Ore., 97037. Arrangements are by Columbia 
Cremation and Burial.


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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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