After a nine-year battle with ALS, Cheri passed away at home on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.

Survivors are her son, Jacob and his wife Marissa of Canby, Oregon, her brother, Michael of Kodiak, Alaska, and her parents Jery and Linn Ensley of Pacific Beach, Washington.

Cheri was born in LaGrande, Oregon, and spent her younger years in Vancouver, Washington. In 1977, she moved with her family to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. She returned to Vancouver in 1983. Cheri graduated from Evergreen High School in 1986. She later moved to Pilot Rock, Oregon. She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 2004 with an applied science degree in nursing. She received her registered nurse license in 2004. Cheri worked as a manager for a company that provided nursing services for county jails in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

A celebration of life service will he held on Dec. 14, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1200 Soule Ave., Hoquiam, WA

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the ALS Association of Oregon and the SW Washington Chapter.