March 27, 1979 – July 22, 2020

The evening of July 22, 2020, at the age of 41, Lanette Cathleen Boyer left this world to join her heavenly Father.

She was born as Lanette Ellen Lamoreaux, in Medford, Oregon, late in the evening of March 27, 1979 to a teenage mother named Nanette Lamoreaux. Lanette arrived blue and had to stay eight days in the ICU. She spent most of her life fighting her body to live; doctors said she would probably never make it to her 5th birthday. Due to the determination of her foster parents Avis and Neil Hunt, she was eventually diagnosed with Schwachman-Diamond syndrome. Later, the blood aspect morphed into MDS with a gene mutation leaving her with only a 20 percent chance to make it a month if she had a bone marrow transplant. Lanette chose to live a quality life and was blessed by two hospice teams to help ease her way: Grant County and Providence Hospice of Snohomish County.

She spent her life blessing others with story reading/telling, making scarves, hats, bags, potholders and afghans, correcting papers for her parents, volunteering eight years making campers beds and picking up trash at Washington Family Camp in Antelope, Oregon, and picking rocks or weeds on her parent’s new properties. She was a Barbie buddy to many and loved to tell or read stories to anyone who would listen. Early June, she requested no more transfusions and bravely faced the last month, eating, watching movies, playing games with her brothers and enjoying her life for as long as possible. She is survived by her parents, Bob and Julie Boyer, and brothers Chris and Greg.

An outdoor memorial will be held on Sept. 26 at 12 noon, at Crosspointe Church in Bothell, Washington. COVID-19 precautions will be followed.