Obituaries - A Little Early

The semester is quickly coming to a close for which I am very glad and excited. It has been busy the last few weeks, hence the lack of new posts on my blog. For one of my classes I was given an assignment where I was required to write my own obituary and have someone else write one for me too. I had my sister write the second one and I must say she did an excellent job. My Mom even suggested that I save it and use it (with a few minor changes). It was very entertaining to compare the two. I actually found the process quite interesting, and decided to post the results.

Disclaimer: Any names, dates, or places used in the following writing is not based on any real person or event and is purely coincidental.

Obituaries
Monday 17, 2075

We regret to announce the death of Marie Zimpalentikala. She died early Sunday morning after a long battle with bone cancer. Her husband Korben Zimpalentikala preceded her in death in 2072, and they are both outlived by their five sons, three daughters, forty-three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Marie was first and foremost a mother and wife. She enjoyed raising her children and always teased her husband that they would never have a youngest child. She also had a great bond with each of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and always called each one on their birthdays, never forgetting one. Though she was 88 she had a very young and adventurous spirit. She was born and raised in rural Alaska and always had the great desire to return there though things never worked out in her favor. She willingly served in the community wherever she could and was known to everyone as a very caring and helpful person. She and her husband also served two missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, one mission taking place in Jackson County Missouri, and the other in Spokane Washington. They were preparing to serve another mission that was cancelled after the ailing health of her husband.
She graduated from BYU with a degree in Child Development and used her degree in the work field and at home as a mother. She met Korben during her schooling at BYU and they were married in 2013 and spent a long happy life together. Her family was all around her when she passed away at 4:37 on Sunday morning. The funeral will be held on Wednesday the 19th at 2:00 pm in the Cottage Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be given to the
American Cancer Society.

Marie Garren passed away of natural causes related to age on June 17, 2079. She was born on January 27, 1987. She grew up in Alaska with seven brothers and sisters. She obtained a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University in Child Development in 2012. After serving a year and a half mission in Viña del Mar, Chile, she married Kai Jaxson Garren in the Anchorage, Alaska temple on May 7, 2015. She was a wonderful wife and mother and had ten children of which three were adopted. She went on to obtain a masters degree at BYU in Child Psychology and was instrumental in helping thousands of children throughout her lifetime. She loved music and her family cannot remember a single day of her life when she was not singing. Music was an integral part of her methods when helping at-risk children. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a second mission with her husband to Cordoba, Argentina in 2071. She is survived by nine of her children. She was proceeded in death by her husband and her daughter, Jayzen Diane. Her family will miss her sweet and caring spirit as will the many children she nurtured to her dying day. We love you Mom and we can’t wait to see you again in heaven.