Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ashbrook, Donna Evelyn March 6, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 9, 2006
     Donna Evelyn Ashbrook, 76, a resident of Dufur, died at a Portland 
hospital on Monday, March 6, 2006.
     She was born Sept. 18, 1929, in The Dalles, the younger of two daughters 
to Vernon Harvey and Arra Dorothy (Tobey) Crawford.
     She grew up in the Fifteenmile area and lived with various families in 
The Dalles while attending high school. She graduated from The Dalles High 
School in 1948.
     During the summer of 1948, she worked in the accounting office of George 
Waynemark then attended Bankie Walker Business College in Portland. After 
graduation, she worked for a short time at a Portland car dealership in the 
accounting office, and then returned to The Dalles to work for Burke Motor 
Company.
     She married Lester Earl Ashbrook on Sept. 1, 1950, and they lived in The 
Dalles for seven years before moving to the Petersburg area to farm with 
Donna’s father. They later moved to Dufur, where they have lived for the past 
43 years.
     She was a member of the Dufur Christian Church and former member of The 
Dalles Calvary Baptist Church. She was a Sunday school teacher for many years 
and helped organize and present youth activities for the Dufur Christian 
Church. She was a longtime leader of the Ty-Du 4-H Club and charter member of 
Epi Sigma Alpha. She was involved in various singing groups in The Dalles and 
often sang for local wed - dings. She was an active supporter of the Dufur 
Threshing Bee and author of an autobiography entitled: Depression Kids.
     She was always interested in her family’s activities and enjoyed the 
family deer hunting adventures. She enjoyed having tea parties and sleepovers 
with her six granddaughters and hearing them sing in church. She had a passion 
for designing house plans and interior decorating.
     Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Lester Ashbrook, her children 
and their spouses, Stanley and Linda Ashbrook, Barbara Thomas and Peggy and 
Shawn Skiles, all of Dufur; her grandchildren, Tom and wife, Jennifer Thomas, 
Emily Thomas Shipman and husband, Joe, Julie Ashbrook Deering and husband, 
Todd, Deanna and Andrea Ashbrook, Kristen and Megan Skiles; her sister, 
Dorothy Bradford and her husband, Jake of Canby, and several nieces and 
nephews.
     Funeral services will be 1 p.m. on Friday, March 10, at Spencer, Libby & 
Powell Funeral Home with Pastors Bob Peterson and Asa Jenson officiating.
     Interment will follow at The Dalles 18th Street IOOF Cemetery.
     Remembrances may be made to Dufur Christian Church, “Special Project”, 
P.O. Box 425, Dufur, OR 97021 or Dufur Historical Society, P.O. Box 462, 
Dufur, OR 97021.


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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