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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 19, 2006, page 6

ALMA ENSLEY

Alma Ensley, 83, died on Oct. 9, 2006, in Casper, Wyo. She was born May 13, 1923, in Goldendale, to Winnie and Ray Brokaw. She grew up in the Gorge and in 1939, married Clarence O. Ensley, who preceded her in death in January 1997 after 58 years of marriage.
The couple lived in Lyle, Goldendale and Stevenson. She made lasting friends in all of these communities, including friends in Quartsite, Ariz, where the couple spent their winters after they retired.
Mrs. Ensley loved her family and friends, doing things with all of them, be it a card playing session at her home, teaching family members how to play the different card games she knew, or hosting a pinochle party with friends. The annual Ensley campout at Oklahoma Campground was also high on her enjoyment list and making her chicken and dumplings and mounds of chocolate chip cookies for all was special. She always looked forward to the many that would come by, visit, and have potluck with her family at this get-together.
She enjoyed trips to the ocean and looked forward to her time in Arizona during the winter months. A trip to the Fiji Islands with her family, in 2004, was memorable. She loved to dance and every dance she could attend she did, between Goldendale and White Salmon and all places in between.
She was a member of the Lyle United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 116, Sundowner's Good Sam Club, and the Lyle Grange.
She is survived by her sons Robert, Washougal, and Ron, Vancouver; daughters Beverly Gregory, Vancouver, and Sandra Brink, Quincy; niece Jeanie Bradford, Everett; half-sister Jeanne Morgan, Everett, 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, one great, great-grandchild; and many nephews, nieces and cousins.
A memorial service will be held Oct. 25, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the Lyle United Methodist Church.
Memorials can be made to the Lyle United Methodist Church in Lyle.