Dr. David Bruce Endres

David B. Endres Ph.D., passed peacefully at the age of 75 due to complications from metastatic esophageal cancer while at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital on January 25, 2021. David will be laid to rest on February 25, 2021 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. David was born in Muskegon, Michigan on September 26, 1945, to Joseph Bernard Endres and Lois Arlene Endres. He completed his secondary education in La Grange, Indiana and received his BA in Biology and Chemistry from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1969. David received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Roswell Park Memorial Institute/State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976, and then completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiology and Biophysics at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1978. He went on to have a distinguished career as a Clinical Pathologist at the University of Southern California, Department of Pathology. David retired in 2017 as an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pathology. David's passion for the outdoors included backpacking, hiking, and mountaineering. He took great pleasure in being a mountaineering instructor for the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club for over 20 years. He climbed peaks in the Arctic, Mexico, South America, and Africa. David was proceeded in death by his parents Joseph and Lois Endres. He is survived by his wife Karol of 55 years, son Todd, daughter-in-law Christina, and two grandchildren, Jacob and Julia. David is also survived by five sisters and one brother: Susan, Barbara, Laura, Gary, Mary and Marcia. David will be deeply missed by his friends and family who admired his dedication, enthusiasm, knowledge, and boundless energy. "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings." John Muir