Feleshia LeeAnn Brabham, 22

Feleshia LeeAnn Brabham, 22, was taken from us much too soon when she passed away from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Feleshia was born March 14, 1986, in Coquille, Ore.

She moved with her family to Bigfork when she was 4, and spent all her growing-up years in the Flathead Valley. She attended elementary schools in Bigfork before moving to the Kalispell area, where she met and married her high-school sweetheart, Trent.

Feleshia and her new family later moved to Chino Valley, Ariz., where she worked with her dad at the Chino Valley Funeral Home.

Feleshia grew up to be an amazing woman, full of laughter, a great sense of humor, and full of life. She always had a smile on her face and always had a positive attitude regardless of the circumstances around her. All who knew Feleshia and those who she helped at the funeral home knew she had a big heart and was willing to do anything for anybody, and was always there when someone needed her.

Feleshia was very family-oriented and believed that family was everything, especially her children and her husband. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter, aunt and cousin who loved planning big dinners and events with her family. Feleshia was a very precious gem who was extremely loved and who will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Feleshia is survived by her husband, Trent Brabham, of Prescott Valley, Ariz.; daughters, Alexia and Makayla; father and stepmother, Jayson and Darla Watkins, of Chino Valley, Ariz.; mother, Shawnaree Duncan, of Chino Valley; father and mother-in-law, Joe and Paulina Brabham, and Rita and Dale Elgaen of Chino Valley; brother, Jayson Watkins, sister, Kayla Watkins, stepbrothers, Donald, and Richard and his wife, Alecsis, and stepsister, Tasha, and husband, Joey, all of Chino Valley; brothers-in-law, Chance Brabham and Thor Elgaen; great-grandmother, Mary Ash; grandparents, Paul and Diana Watkins, Mike and Rose Culbertson, and Lenore Marhing; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

An education fund for the children has been established. For information, call Heritage Memory Mortuary at (928) 445-1881.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, in the Chino Valley Funeral Home chapel. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, in the funeral home chapel.

Chino Valley Funeral Home is caring for the family.