Elaine Marie Stensrud

Elaine and I worked together at the crane company and she was training me on my first day and we were in a tiny bedroom made office when my chair went backwards and I fell on the floor... Elaine started laughing so hard! I looked at her with a deer in the headlights look then I started laughing also! The next day it happened to her, she was on the floor!!!! We were both cracking up and laughed until we almost cried! We were immediately fast friends for life!!! I love her so! My life will never be the same without her! Rest in Peace Elaine Girl.
Until we meet again in Heaven! Your friend, Stephanie

Elaine was a kind and caring friend. She taught me many things about business and was a listening ear for me. I appreciate so much her friendship over the years and how she always took time for people. She is dearly missed.

Elaine helped my business in tremendous ways as a professional, through her bookkeeping, but also with advice about business and life in general. She was always pleasant, and so encouraging! Our professional relationship evolved into a friendship, and boy we would have fun talking about plants and her yard! She will always hold a special place in my heart.

Elaine was a wonderful sister and free spirit. She guided and protected us younger siblings.

Elaine was born the year I went in the service. Her Mom would send me pictures of her over the next two years of her growth and resoluteness (like her mother). I missed many years of her progress, but later reconnected. What a delightful, sweet, open minded lady she had become. We enjoyed numerous long phone chats regarding the future and retirement. So sorry her time was cut short. We miss her gracious presence. Jim and Georgene Van Orsow

Elaine was my bookkeeper. She was super benevolent. I told her she should always charge more but she never really did. She would come by and pick up my stuff and drop off the reports. You just don't get that type of service today anywhere. I think of all her customers are devastated because she made our lives a lot easier and lot better. She was smart and great and what she did and super, super nice. I will so miss her! God must be taking really good care of her because she took such great care of us!

Elaine was a visionary in every sense of the word. She always had her hands in various project´s, which often involved dirt. Her passion for gardening was quite literally in her genes.
I will miss our long conversations about gardening, family, new projects, adventures and the weather, another Stensrud trait. Above all else my sister was kind and loved unconditionally.
I remember picking huckleberries at Mt. Adams with her. I gave everyone the bear talk before our picking began. While she was happily plucking away filling her bucket, I thought it would be fun to scare her with my best bear impression. It worked, she screamed, ran for the hills and spilled her berries. We had a good belly laugh that day and reminisced about it often.
I can still hear her laughter ringing in my ears. That laugh. Her laugh. At her jokes, your jokes and my jokes. We had lots of laughs, I´m gonna miss that.
I´ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I´ll be looking at the moon
But I´ll be seeing you.

Elaine was the leader of our siblings showing determination and a strong work ethic leading by examples or. She also protected us from being bullied. We had this big guy in one of our Hermiston neighborhoods and she stood toe to toe with him to protect us. I will miss the phone conversations and texting that we were doing on a regular basis. I regret not having spent more in-person time but we were all busy with our immediate family needs. Elaine will be greatly missed by all and may she rest in peace and God bless her.

Elaine was my best friend´s mom, and for a number of years I basically lived at her house. One of my favorite memories is when "Santa" brought presents to our little fort behind the wall. Such a sweet thing to think of!

She was an amazing mother, friend and grandmother. I'm so lucky to have so many loving memories with her.
I love you mom, Lindsay