In Memory of MaeLynn

I love you MaeLynn! Thank you for being so friendly to me and making me feel welcome in the Ward, when I was new. I loved talking and laughing with you. You have such a fun personality and people can't help but smile when they are around you. You will be missed. I'm so glad you are free from pain. I'm sure you have a wonderful journey ahead of you in Heaven. God be with your husband and kids in this life. Thoughts and prayers are with them always. -Kara

This pic and her Obituary pic was taken shortly after she was diagnosed in 2009. Story below

Pic taken October 2010. She had tumors in her Liver and Pancreas. I was able to see her in late summer last year and she looked similar to this. Broke my heart. :(
Family pic, when she was sick.

They wondered why they were having kids so fast. I guess they were all suppose to be here. She was diagnosed when her 5th baby was 9 months!

Maelynn was a friend of mine in our previous Ward. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer about a year and a half ago. She decided not go go through any treatment and the Doctors said she only had 6 months to live. She made it alomst a year longer than said! She has 5 kids and died at the age of 30! I went to her 30th B-day celebration which was celebrated in Jan. of last year, even tho her B-day was not until April. Her family wanted to have a celebration just in case she were to pass before then. (she almost even made it to her 31st B-day). Her family was so grateful that they could spend one last Christmas with her.

Her Obituary

MaeLynn Kartchner Harris, beloved daughter, wife, mother, and friend, passed away quietly at home on January 31, 2011 from neuroendocrine cancer.

MaeLynn was born April 11, 1980 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents are Jerry and Marie Kartchner of Cottonwood Heights. She lived in Salt Lake until graduating from Brighton High in 1998. She then went on to Utah State University in Logan, graduating in 2002. Logan has been her home ever since.

She married Andrew Lee Harris of North Logan on June 22, 2001 in the Jordan River Temple and has five children: Kendall(8) , Ellie(6), Triston(4), Sawyer(4), and Abigail(3).

MaeLynn was an amazingly sweet person who brought joy to whomever she met. She loved painting, being outdoors, and being around other people. She served faithfully in multiple callings in the LDS church and worked hard to love her children and teach them to choose the right. Her absence will create a hole in many lives, but we are grateful she is not suffering anymore.

She is preceded in death by 3 grandparents. She is survived by her Grandmother Hanks; her parents, Jerry and Marie; sister, Jamie; husband, Andrew; children, Kendall, Ellie, Triston, Sawyer, Abigail; parents-in-law, Pamela and Lee Harris; brother and sister-in-law, Shane Harris and Jamie Harris Norton; biological parents, Andy and Lori Reese; biological brother and sisters, Devan, Jaide, and Tonia.

There will be a viewing on Friday, February 4th from 6-8 pm at the Nelson funeral home at 162 E. 400 N. in Logan.

A viewing will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 11:30 to 12:30 at the LDS church at 792 N. 500 E. in Logan. The funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Interment will be at the North Logan Cemetery. Condolences can be expressed at nelsonfuneralhome.com.