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Pamela Sue West Verges
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Pamela's obituary
Pamela had a heart full of love and her beauty was unsurpassed and noticed by all who crossed her path. Friendly, beautiful, smart and outgoing, Pam always had many friends where ever she was, in school, at home, traveling, Pamela turned heads with her beauty and wit.
Pamela was filled with a zest and passion for life and yearned for a partner to share her journey with the same gusto and dedication to love and rely on. Pamela married first,Giorgio Pranzo of Bellevue, Washington, from Italy. A whirlwind relationship and brief marriage to a good man who was more friend than a life long mate and they parted ways amicably. Pamela's second marriage, also brief, was to Joseph Smith of Mount Vernon, Washington, a catastrophe that ended almost immediately. Pamela's third husband, David Hopkins was a more laid back quiet man who fancied her beauty and homemaker side, but the match failed to blossom into the love Pamela searched for. Her fourth and final union to Rick Verges seemed to fulfill Pamela's desires and their bond rose to the occasion during their marriage. Pamela had many talents and skills, always reinventing herself and actively worked on her own personal development and her marriage. She excelled at everything she did in every facet of her life whether it be her career, home renovation, business endeavors, homemaking, social life or education.
Pamela was the third born of four girls and her closest relationships were with her sisters, two older and in order from oldest to youngest, Shelley Irene West, Kelley Marie West and the youngest, Cheryl June West. Pamela was a natural born caretaker and nurturer, sadly she had no children of her own. That made no difference to Pamela, who instead lived her niece, Olympia Rose West-McCoy, and her nephews,, Dustin Bruse West and Jaron Chase West as her own, and her beloved dogs Turbo, Oscar, and Daisy. Pam watched over them diligently and lavished them with constant attention, love, and care. She would have been an excellent mother and she took pride in those she loved.
Pam strived to keep the peace in the family, she was the glue that kept everyone together no matter how far apart we were. She loved holidays and spared no expense when it came to decorating and family gatherings which she held often in the beautiful homes she kept.
She was an excellent businesswoman and mastered her roles as paralegal, escrow officer, publishing assistant, model and saleswoman at Office Depot and Phillip Morris where she quickly out ranked her coworkers and moved to the top positions and comfortable lifestyle.
She spent the final years of her life with her mother Sue and step father Wayne Sherle in Clarkston, Washington along with her sisters Shelley and Kelley, her niece and nephews, and husband Rick Verges before dissolving her last and final marriage in 2009.
Pamrla's best friend Nancy Hansen dedicated her love and time to supporting Pamela in her life adventures and her devotion did not faulter when Pam was diagnosed with triple negative three breast cancer. The two took a trio to Paris France before Pam began her daily regimen of cancer treatment and surgery that required a double mastectomy. Through it all Pamela was determined, thoughtful and sweet, never once complaining. Not once. Instead she yhought about her fellows beast cancer patients and how she could help them. She spent time making brackets learning to bead jewelry to raise money for breast cancer awareness and research.
Pam learned that treatment had failed to produce the results her doctors had hoped for and she opted first a second complete round of treatment and moved back to Mount Vernon, Washington, where she made arrangements for her funeral, picking out the casket, flowers, and details, and final wishes. It was devastating news to all and Pam's family, friends and associates were with her constantly every step of the way.
Pamela amazed us all when she planned social engagements where she shared memories with her friends, gave parting gifts, shared her love and said goodbye at each event. She is by far one of the most loving and beautiful human beings I have ever known and loved. She is my sister and she was a fantastic sister and friend. Always looked out for me, always loved me, rescued me, and picked me up when I was down. Three years older than I, I looked up to her. I wanted to be just like her. She was my protector, she was so beautiful and caring. My hope is that in her passing she found the love she looked for and deserved. I hope she is dancing in the sky and singing in the angels choir. I hope she forgives me for not being there for her when she needed me and that she knows just how much I love her and miss her. I forgive her because in my heart I know she loved me and wanted the best for me and Olympia and we humans make mistakes and sometimes hurt each other when we didn't mean too. I am so grateful for having Pamela for my sister, I hope she knows that. Pamela was about as close to perfect as it gets. God knew what he was doing when he made Pamela.
Pamela had two life long loves, Chris Doyle of Renton, Washington from Lindberg High Scholl and Lucca Valentini of Italy who she met on a white water rafting trip with our mother one week in Canada. That trip changed the course of Pamela's life and set the stage for her pursuit of love.
Pamela really was about as perfect as it gets. She deserved better and I hope that she has that. We all loved her very much and she died on our sister Shelley's arms at 4:44am on April 4. 2011. The world, my world, hasn't been good since. I believe that is speak for all of us on that. It seems like everything good is missing since she left.
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