Rosaline Spencer

Rosaline Spencer, 89, a Wenatchee area resident for over 25 years, passed away on Friday morning, June 13, 2014 at Colonial Vista Assisted Living. She was born on November 18, 1924, in Seattle, WA to the late Christian William and Pauline Inez (Eiseman) Petersen. She was raised and received her schooling in Seattle. She met Art Eby in Seattle and they were married at Waco, TX, where he was stationed with the military. She remained in Texas while Art served in the European Theatre during WWII. They dissolved their union a couple of years after the war ended and she moved to the Long Beach area of California. She went to work at the Hughes Aircraft Company in the Clerical Department. Rosaline soon became a party planner for Howard Hughes and lived in the "Social Circles". She met Allen Spencer a fellow employee at Hughes Aircraft and they were later married and briefly made their home in Long Beach, California, prior to moving to Lynnwood, Washington. Upon moving to the Pacific Northwest she went to work at Boeing Aircraft Company, Plant #2, in Seattle working on Missile & Defense Systems. Later she took a job at FLUKE, an electronic testing equipment company, in Lynnwood and had also worked as a security guard at NOAA Laboratory. Allen preceded her in death in 1983 and in the late 1980's Rosaline moved to make her home in East Wenatchee. Rosaline married William "Bill" Terry in the late 1980's. They continued to make their home in the Wenatchee area and following the passing of "Bill", she made her home in Wenatchee. She was a former member of the Lynnwood BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), Auxiliary. Rosaline enjoyed good food, especially well prepared sea food. She was very classy and always dressed to the "T" and would never think of being seen otherwise. She loved visitors, family and holiday dinners. She is preceded by her parents; husbands, Art Eby, Allen Spencer and William Terry; brother, Harold Peterson; son, William "Billy" Eby and grandsons, Jay Staat and Johnny Spencer. Rosaline leaves behind her daughter, Pat Staat, Vancouver, WA; step children, Laura Whitacre, The Dalles, OR, Robert "Bobby" Spencer, Palm Desert, CA' grandchildren, Scott Statt, Camas, WA, Dawn Smith, St. Louis, MO, Kimberly Witt, Vancouver, WA, Kristine Foreman, Charleston, SC, Scott Burchett, East Wenatchee, Joanne Spencer, Palm Desert, CA, Joyce Spencer-Perry, Palm Desert, CA, Ron Eby, Tammy Gentile and Trisha Cutino all of Sunnyvale, CA; 22 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. You are invited to view her online guest book at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com. Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee, WA.

Rosaline Spencer

November 18, 1924 - June 13, 2014