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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., April 10, 2003, page 5
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RANDE ENYEART

Rande Enyeart 57 of Goldendale died April 2, 2003 as the result of an accident on the family farm.
He was born Jan. 26,1946 in Goldendale to Luke and Myrtle Enyeart. He graduated from Goldendale High School and attended Clark College in Vancouver for two years.
Rande and Mary Anne Skrentny were married in Camas on Sept. 10, 1966, while attending WSU.
Rande received his bachelors degree in Agriculture.
The couple returned to Goldendale where they have farmed ever since. Rande also worked for the state highway department on its winter crew for 22 years.
Rande was active in the Goldendale Grange and Klickitat Valley Grain Growers. He loved farming, raising wheat and alfalfa, the outdoors, watching sporting events and playing with his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife Mary Anne of Goldendale, one daughter, JoAnne Chambers of Toledo; four sons, Karl and Paul of Goldendale, John, of Great Falls, Mont. and Dan, of Pullman; two brothers. Kirby of Chandler Ariz., and Bruce of Forest Ranch, Calif.; one sister, Judy Bane of Centerville; his father and stepmother, Luke and Rosaler Enyeart, of Ocean Shores, and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 5 in the chapel of Erdman Funeral Home with Pastor Ken Akins officiating. Rosary services were held on Friday Evening at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Fr. William Byron officiating. Interment was in the Centerville Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to a local charity of the donor's choice.

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., April 10, 2003, page 1
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FARMER DIES IN LOADER ACCIDENT
Enyeart remembered by many
By BRENT T. DE LA PAZ
Publisher

Many in Goldendale and throughout Klickitat County mourned the tragic death of Rande Enyeart, who was killed in a farming accident on Wednesday morning, April 2.
Enyeart, 57, was found pinned by his front-end loader around 8:41 a.m., where he died instantly. According to Klickitat County Undersheriff Jolene Kallio, there were two pieces of equipment involved and the victim was apparently crushed in the mishap.
Enyeart was farming ground on the 2700 block of South Columbus when the accident occurred. Rande's son, Paul Enyeart, found his father and called 9-1-1 for help, according to Kallio.
Klickitat County Sheriffs Deputy Sgt. Joe Riggers, a Rural 7 Rescue unit and ambulance crew were dispatched, but Enyeart was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriffs Dept., is continuing its investigation, and Kallio said the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is not investigating the accident.
News of Enyeart's death spread like wildfire throughout a shocked, and saddened community, which has endured its own share of bad news and tough times lately.
A few shared their thoughts and fond remembrances of a man they called father, friend, Goldendale Grange member and much more than a "common-type guy."
Centerville's Rich Randall, one of Enyeart's close friends, said his farming partner was "conscientious" and always tried to help others even if it meant giving out of his own pocket.
"He'd bend over backwards, helping neighbors, people he didn't know. If they were in a jam, he would help out," said Randall.
Randall said Enyeart was always there, ready to help when needed. The two farming friends graduated from Goldendale High School, Randall in 1963, Enyeart followed in 1964.
The duo had close ties in school to Future Farmers of America and other agricultural groups, while growing up and learning their trade.
"Rande was very focused, very intelligent," Randall said of his lifelong friend. "When he was in college, he towed the mark and didn't screw off."
After graduating from Washington State University in Vancouver, Enyeart returned to run the family's 1,500-acre hay and wheat farm, joining a generation of farmers before him. He was a third-generation farmer and followed his father, Luke, and grandfather, Ray.
"He'd come over and plow up a piece of land, no matter how busy he was," Randall said. "He got the job done. He was very organized."
When Enyeart was 6, he used to ride the combine all day with his grandfather, according to Randall.
"Ray Enyeart had a big influence on Rande," Randall said.
Farming is a family ritual for the Enyeart family. As the oldest, Rande plowed the way for his two brothers and one sister. Rande's four sons have learned the farming tradition. Karl Enyeart lives in his great-grandfather's place. He recently made his parents very proud after being named Young Farmer of the Year during the Goldendale Jaycees' Distinguished Service Awards Banquet.
Another of Enyeart's many friends, Warwick's Stu Magnuson, said the community will miss the generous man, who "never refused help to anyone."
"He meant an awful lot to the community," Magnuson said solemnly. "He's going to be missed greatly."
Magnuson said the loss has affected many who know the entire Enyeart family.
"The whole Enyeart family is that way. [They] are really good people. You don't find people like that every day."
Magnuson said Rande was "fair" and one of the hardest working men be ever knew.
"He would help anybody if they would need a hand," Magnuson said. "No matter how busy [he was], he always took the time to help any-body."
Magnuson fondly remembers one incident when he and Richard Fahlenkamp were unloading Stu Basses hay from three trucks in 1992. Magnuson said Enyeart was a man who seemingly had a never-ending supply of energy.
"He [Fahlenkamp] thought be was in pretty good shape," Magnuson said of the timber faller. "He was really beat by the middle of the second [truck] and wanted to take a break. Rande was still going like a windmill. Enyeart isn't a man, he's a machine. He never tires out. That's the sort of guy he was. He put his all into everything he did."
When many farmers would call it a day, Enyeart would still be plowing in the middle of the night, tractor lights on and then into the morning and the next day. "I've seen Rande hundreds of times, all day, all night. Still out there plowing. He was a workaholic," Magnuson said.
Randall said he'll miss "shooting the breeze" with his friend, who was, part of the minority party in Klickitat a County, a Democrat. "I told Mary Anne, this is the worst I've ever felt for someone passing on. I hate to see it, he was my best friend," Randall said.
Randall remembered being part of the foursome of Enyeart, Terry Linden and Mike Woods, who all attended Clark College in Vancouver in the 60s.
The Goldendale foursome lived in, a Vancouver apartment where Rande eventually met and married his longtime sweetheart -- Mary Anne. "The boys became friends with the girls and B-S'd them into cooking for them," Randall laughed.
Many mourners had to wait outside of the jam-packed Erdman Funeral Home to pay their respects to the man. "They respected him so much," Randall said.
Parking was a premium around Erdrnan's, where many had to park blocks away to help comfort, the family who live off of Highway 97.
Dozens of vehicles formed a long procession following the black hearse to the Centerville gravesite "I just couldn't believe [all] the people who came to the funeral," said Randall.
Magnuson summed it up for many who wanted to pass their sympathies to Mary Anne and the entire Enyeart family. "I think of Rande as a brother to me. He was a special guy to me," he said. "His whole family is really special to me."
A complete obituary of Enyeart can be found on page 5.