Obituary: Lawson, Gypsy Rae

Age 31

Sun., Sept. 2, 2012

LAWSON, Gypsy Rae

Gypsy was born September 8, 1980 and passed away August 1, 2012 from a car accident.
Born in CA.

she lived in Newman Lake, Spokane, then Northport, WA.

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Gypsy had many passions from racing motorcycles to showing all species of animals.

She had a gift with animals and, in many other realms, not often seen.

Her bright light went out much too soon and will be sadly missed.
Gypsy is survived by parents, Fran and Carl Ogren of Northport, WA., brothers Nathan of Texas, Daniel of Indiana, grandparents Ray and Bea Cannon of Camarillo, CA, beloved dog Albert, parrot Mayday, cat Boxer, and Sunrise ~ the horse who helped raise her.
A Celebration of her Life will be held at the family farm in Northport on September 8th at 2:00.

Pot luck will follow.

Please bring your memories to share and a chair to sit on.

Call (509) 732-6253 for directions.

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