Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ursprung, Bonnie Lou November 11, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 12, 2004
     Bonnie Lou Ursprung, 61, died at her home in The Dalles on Thursday, Nov. 
11, 2004.
     She was born May 25, 1943, in Chicago to Dorothy Marshall. Her 
grandparents, Mary and William Marshall, were a strong presence in her life, 
along with her mother.
     She grew up in Summit, Ill., and graduated from Argo High School in 1961. 
She worked as a secretary at Reynolds Metals before marrying Leroy Joe 
Ursprung on Oct. 5, 1964. They sang country music together in Illinois State 
with Don Barnett and the NuJays and Billy G, but she was mostly a stay-at-home 
mom. 
     They moved with their four children to Flagstaff, Ariz., in 1978, where 
she worked at the Arizona Daily Sun for several years. 
     She moved to The Dalles with her son, Rick, in 1994. 
     She was a voracious reader, enjoyed puzzles and scrapbooking, and loved 
unicorns, waterfalls and wolves. 
     She was preceded in death by her grandmother, grandfather, mother and 
husband.
     She is survived by her children Becky Brown, Wenatchee, Wash.; Lindy 
Elliott, Jones, Okla.; Rick Ursprung, The Dalles; Bonnie Leigh Ursprung, 
Greenbrier, Tenn.; six grandchildren: Samantha Elliott, Crystal Bawiga, Amanda 
Shaver, Matthew Brown, Megan Privatt and Gypsie White; a sister, Sandra 
Behrens, Marquette, Mich.; a brother, Thomas Pach, Joliet, Ill.; and numerous 
nieces and nephews.
     At her request, no services will be held.
     Spencer, Libby and Powell is in care of arrangments.


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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