Marie Amend
"Bless the Lord O My Soul"
Quincy- Marie Amend, 78, a longtime resident of Quincy, died Monday at the Quincy Valley Hospital.
She was born August 26, 1904, at Endicott, and attended schools in Salem, Oregon, Davenport, and graduated from Quincy High School in 1923. She attended college at Cheney Normal School and received her teaching degree from Ellensburg Normal School. She tuaght school in the Yakima Valley and Odessa.
On December 25, 1929, she married Christian Amend Jr. in Odessa, Washington. They made their first home on a wheat ranch near Trinidad and in 1939 they moved to Crescent Bar where they lived until the backwaters of Wanapum Dam forced their move to Quincy in 1962.
Mrs. Amend was a charter member and first president of the Columbia Basin Iris Society, a charter member of the Quincy Senior Center and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her husband, Chris, at home; one son, Neal Amend, Quincy; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sisters, two brothers and one granddaughter.
Scharbach's Columbia Chapel, Quincy, is in charge of arrangements.
Second Notice:
Marie Amend - Memorial Services will be held 11:00am Friday from the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Quincy, with Reverend Robert McCoy officiating. Family suggest in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to St. Paul Lutheran Church or Quincy Senior Center. Arrangements by Scharbachs Columbia Funeral Chapel, Quincy, Washington.
The world Marie knew
Family milestones in gold, history for context
The Amend name at Quincy Valley Cemetery
Christian Amend Sr.1872 – 1949
Katharina Amend1873 – 1952
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Christian "Chris" Amend Jr.1897 – 1985
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Neal Winfield Amend1931 – 2000
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