Laura Jayne (Alyea) Wallace Obituary (1955

Jaynie Wallace went home to be with her Savior on Saturday, September 19, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. She will be deeply missed. Jayne was born Laura Jayne Alyea on November 16, 1955 to Joann and Jay Alyea. She grew up in Poulsbo with her brothers and graduated from North Kitsap high school & Olympic College. Jayne married her husband Merrill Wallace II April 3, 1982 at her mother and stepfather's home and they became a family with her stepson Merrill Wallace III. They added to their family in March 1991 when son Elliott was born. Jayne had an active and rewarding career working at Kitsap Physicians Services/Bremerton and Washington State Health Care Authority/Olympia. Jayne retired when her illness became a full time fight. Jayne was diagnosed with Cancer 10 years ago and started the most difficult fight of her life. Jayne never complained but used her time and energy speaking to groups giving hope/encouragement to others fighting the same battle and being a mother to the local youth. Her words and encouragement will live on in the people whose lives she touched. Her life was cut short and the world is a lesser place because of that loss. Jayne's main focus of her life was her Lord, her family and dear friends. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter and friend. She adored her family and was adored back. She had a wonderful sense of humor and her beauty on the outside was only overshadowed by the beauty on the inside. Jayne is survived by her precious husband, Merrill; her sons Merrill III and Elliott; her father, Jay Alyea and step mother Helen; her stepfather, Merle Crain; her brothers, Don Alyea and Ken Alyea; grandchildren, Zoey, Abby and Ethan Wallace; stepbrothers and stepsisters; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins. She was proceeded in death by her mother Joann Alyea Crain. A celebration of life will be held at Newlifekitsap Church on Sunday October 4th, at 2:00pm, located at the Central Kitsap School District's Klahowya Secondary School, 7607 Newberry Hill Rd, Silverdale, WA, 98383. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made in Jaynie's memory to the Newlifekitsap Church; Jayne Wallace, Newlifekitsap Leadership Scholarship Fund, PO. Box 3943, Silverdale, WA, 98383.