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Odessa Lynn Ranges
February 2, 1973 ~ June 27, 2014 (age 41) 41 Years OldShare Tribute:
The spirit of Odessa Lynn Ranges, 41, of Dayton, left this life on June 27, 2014 after twenty years of captivity in a body broken and paralyzed from an accident to be with our Heavenly Father.
Odessa was born February 22, 1973 in El Paso, Texas to parents Paul E. Ranges of Montgomery, Texas and Marquita Berry Ranges of Dayton, Texas. She attended Dayton Schools starting in the 7th grade when her family moved to Dayton. She was active in Academic UIL competitions, Young Women’s youth group at the Latter Day Saints Church in Liberty, Texas, Rainbow Girls of Dayton, Texas, and wrote for the Baytown Sun Teen Times for 3 years. She was a member of the Junior National Honor Society and National Honor Society, and her favorite was being a Dayton Dazzler in high school. Odessa graduated in the top 10 of her class in 1991 at Montgomery High School, Montgomery, Texas. She attended the University of Texas El Paso for one year, got home sick, returned home and attended schools in Houston to pursue a Media Journalism career until her accident in 1994.
Odessa is survived by her parents, brothers Robert E. Ranges, of Dayton, Texas and Paul John Ranges and wife Tammi, of Cleveland, Texas; nephews Jordan Ranges and Tyler Ranges, of Nome, Texas.
A visitation with the family will be on Monday, June 30, 2014, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Sterling Funeral Home, 602 N. Main St. Dayton, Texas.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, 331 Vera Lane, Liberty, Texas.
Interment will follow in Palms Memorial Park in Dayton, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask donations be made to the Dayton High School Dazzlers or to the Shriner’s Children Burn Center in Galveston, Texas.
Odessa was born February 22, 1973 in El Paso, Texas to parents Paul E. Ranges of Montgomery, Texas and Marquita Berry Ranges of Dayton, Texas. She attended Dayton Schools starting in the 7th grade when her family moved to Dayton. She was active in Academic UIL competitions, Young Women’s youth group at the Latter Day Saints Church in Liberty, Texas, Rainbow Girls of Dayton, Texas, and wrote for the Baytown Sun Teen Times for 3 years. She was a member of the Junior National Honor Society and National Honor Society, and her favorite was being a Dayton Dazzler in high school. Odessa graduated in the top 10 of her class in 1991 at Montgomery High School, Montgomery, Texas. She attended the University of Texas El Paso for one year, got home sick, returned home and attended schools in Houston to pursue a Media Journalism career until her accident in 1994.
Odessa is survived by her parents, brothers Robert E. Ranges, of Dayton, Texas and Paul John Ranges and wife Tammi, of Cleveland, Texas; nephews Jordan Ranges and Tyler Ranges, of Nome, Texas.
A visitation with the family will be on Monday, June 30, 2014, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Sterling Funeral Home, 602 N. Main St. Dayton, Texas.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, 331 Vera Lane, Liberty, Texas.
Interment will follow in Palms Memorial Park in Dayton, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask donations be made to the Dayton High School Dazzlers or to the Shriner’s Children Burn Center in Galveston, Texas.
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