Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Lindley, Anson Lee June 29, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, July 10,   2006
     Anson Lee Lindley, 80, a resident of Maupin, died June 29, 2006, at a 
local care facility.

     He was born in Maupin, the youngest of six children, to Anson Theodore 
and Zelma (Buzan) Lindley on March 18, 1926. He grew up in Maupin, and 
graduated from Maupin High School in 1944.

     Mr. Lindley joined the Army in August 1944, and was discharged in August 
1946. He married Ruth Lease on Sept. 25, 1948, in Maupin. When he returned 
home from the Army, he farmed with his father in the Bakeoven area near 
Maupin, and was a cattle and wheat rancher.

     Throughout his 56 years as a rancher, his goal was to preserve the ranch 
for future Lindley generations. He enjoyed building more than 125 miles of 
roads and more than 200 dams. He maintained many miles of division fences to 
rotate the cattle and preserve the grass. He also loved watching football on 
television.

     Mr. Lindley is survived by his wife of 58 years, Ruth Lindley, of Maupin; 
daughters, Rhonda Lee and her husband Ron Townsend of Grass Valley; Mary Ann 
and her husband Bob Standage of Vale; sons, Richard Alan and his wife Cecilia 
Lindley of Maupin, William Jay and his wife Cheryl Lindley of Salem; grand-
daughter Eileen Frances Crawford; grandsons Robert Lee Townsend, Daniel Edward 
Lindley, Douglas Jay Lindley, Matthew Lee Standage and Lee Van Lindley; great-
grand-daughter Emily Ruth Crawford; great-grand-sons Curtis Allen Crawford, 
Wyatt Lee Townsend, Quincy Miles Townsend and Andrew Charles Lindley; sister, 
Frances Lindley of Portland; lifelong friends, Raymond Richmond, Leland Mayhew 
and John Shearer.

     He was preceded in death by his brothers, Wendell and Melvin and his 
sisters, Eunice and Marge. 

     A private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-Quatt Crematory with 
Spencer, Libby, and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Mr. Lindley’s 
ashes will be scattered over his beloved century-old ranch.


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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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