Krystal - Age 32 - Los Alamos - Finney

Krystal Rae Finney (Kryssie Vernon) of Los Alamos and formerly of Roswell, passed away in her sleep July 21, 2014. Born May 20, 1982 in Lawton, Oklahoma. She is survived by her husband, Mark Vernon; her mother and father, Leandra and Herb Finney; brother, Andrew Finney; sister, Adair Buck; niece, Ashlee Marie Buck; brother-in-law, Roger Buck; grandparents, Clif and Billie Mann; aunt and uncle, Gae and Sonny Mann, and niece Sunny Leanne Mann; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Joyce and Carl Vernon; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill and Tracey Vernon; nephew, Benjamin Vernon; and niece, Madelyn Vernon and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Mary Leandra Mann.\r\nShe had many very close friends that loved her dearly. She was a 2000 graduate of Goddard High School and a seeker of knowledge her whole life. The rest of us are left with a hole in our world. We lost a wife, daughter, friend, teacher, student, and biologist. We will miss her sense of fun, her creative mind behind the beautiful crafts, and her joyous love of nature.\r\nA memorial service was held in Los Alamos. Memorials may be made by planting something to honor her: a tree, flowers, or just digging in the dirt and feeding the bacteria in the soil around us all.\r\nShe fought for years against the assault of rheumatoid arthritis, but now she is finally free from her constant pain. Gifts may be made in her memory to the Rheumatoid Patient Foundation at http://rheum4us.org/. The family of Krysal Rae Finney (Krissie Vernon) has entrusted their loved one to DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory of the Española Valley.

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