Maxine Lindsey Ross Schrader
Maxine Lindsey Ross Schrader
Maxine was born to Robert and Pearl Lindsey, September 30, 1930
in Seattle, Washington and went to be with the Lord on February 4,
2010. She grew up in the Montlake area and graduated from Garfield
High School. Maxine met and married Charles Marion Ross and they
were married for 13 years. Together they had two children.
As a single mother of two, Maxine was determined to provide her
children with a stable, loving home and good education. Though
there were no extras while working as an executive secretary at
Excavator's Inc., she managed to send them to a private Christian
school their junior and senior high school years. She always put
her children above all else.
She met Charles (Chuck) Schrader and they were married in 1973.
Along with Chuck came four children to add to her family. Maxine
was a dedicated wife and mother to all six children. She and Chuck
were married for over 36 wonderful years. They lived in the
Seattle area and then moved to Eugene, Oregon, where they lived for
seven years. She and Chuck enjoyed the outdoors, camping and bass
fishing. They returned to the Seattle area in 1983 and lived in
Shoreline. Upon retirement, they moved to Maltby in 1988 and then
to GreenAcres Senior Park in Bothell in 2001.
Maxine enjoyed studying the bible, cooking, playing Scrabble
and spending time with her family. Her thirst for knowledge,
amazing memory and quick wit was with her for her entire life.
Maxine dearly loved her family and treasured them all. She is
survived by her two children, Carol Ross, Charles "Chuck" Ross
(Darcy), four step-children, Susan Roberts (John), Patricia French
(Ian), Karen Miller (James), Eric Schrader (Lisa), two
grandchildren, ten step-grandchildren, two
step-great-grandchildren, her brother Kenneth Lindsey (Sharon), and
sister in-law Jacquelin Uhrhammer.
She was laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery in Seattle. A
memorial service and celebration of Maxine's life will be held at
the GreenAcres Senior Park Clubhouse, 23825 15
th Ave., SE, Bothell, WA. 98021 on Friday, February 12
th at 3:00pm.