{"id":833,"date":"2009-04-21T11:29:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T11:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/2009\/04\/21\/terry-endsley-77-not-sure-where-to-start\/"},"modified":"2009-04-21T11:29:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T11:29:04","slug":"terry-endsley-77-not-sure-where-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2009\/04\/21\/terry-endsley-77-not-sure-where-to-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Endsley &#039;77 &#8211; Not sure where to start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"222\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/www2images\/terry-endsley-web(1).jpg\" \/><strong>Terry Endsley &#8217;77<\/strong> passed away last week. &nbsp;Terry had been battling a brain tumor. His way-too-early passing leaves us all to wonder why.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, when I was running, I thought back to the funeral and how he managed to live more in his 53 years than most do in 70-80&#8230;and it hit me. &nbsp;<em>Terry made every minute count and his days were obviously longer than most.<\/em> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Endless hours at Navistar &#8211; the only place Terry worked in his 32-year professional life. &nbsp;From management trainee to the Board of Directors. &nbsp;Unheard of today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp;Great Dad and Husband. &nbsp;It was plainly clear that he worked hard but he devoted himself to Cindy and their three children. &nbsp;I could see it in their friends at the funeral&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"428\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/www2images\/hinsdale flag.jpg\" \/>&#8211; &nbsp;I didn&#8217;t know Terry that well&#8230;we had played golf a time or two and met for breakfast when I was in Chicago and he could get away. &nbsp;But in a strange way, I didn&#8217;t need to know him better to see the impact he had&#8230;and continues to have.<\/p>\n<p>In the grand scheme of things, it&#8217;s probably summed up best by a note written by one of the many people at Navistar where Terry worked: &quot;I guess God just needed another angel.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The photo at right is of the Hinsdale Golf Club where Terry belonged. &nbsp;The flag flies at half-staff. &nbsp;Fitting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Endsley &#8217;77 passed away last week. &nbsp;Terry had been battling a brain tumor. His way-too-early passing leaves us all to wonder why. Yesterday, when I was running, I thought back to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}