Obituary photo of Laura Daehlin, Titusville-FL
In Loving Memory of

Laura Lee Daehlin

1974 - 2016
Obituary photo of Laura Daehlin, Titusville-FL
In Loving Memory of

Laura Lee Daehlin

1974 - 2016
Laura Lee Daehlin July 15, 1974 - December 25, 2016

Laura died on Christmas night, 2016, as a result of being struck by a car while crossing the street.

Laura was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, and cousin.

Laura was born on July 15, 1974 in Montclair, California. She married Daniel Robert Esmond on April 11, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was widowed when Danny was killed in a single car accident on September 11, 2008.

Laura went to Eldorado High in Las Vegas, NV and attended Wake Community Technical College in Raleigh, NC. She was office manager at Action Ergonomics in Raleigh, NC, studied painting at Klopfenstine Stain Glass in Cocoa Beach, FL and later became Editorial Assistant at Assistant Editor in Cocoa Beach, FL.

Laura passionately loved her family. A quote from Laura on a picture; “Hanging out with my little girl on the beach....who could ask for anything more?” She loved her friends, life, adventure, traveling, music (especially The Counting Crows), art, poetry (both reading and writing), and animals. She was very intelligent, scoring 12.9 in math when she was 10 years old. She was creative, artistic, a good cook, and a sweet, sweet, sweet, soul. Over the last year Laura traveled. Staying near Edinburgh, Scotland, she visited England, Norway, and the Netherlands. She enjoyed the country and people so much in Scotland that she was planning on returning, and told an uncle that she wished she could move her whole family there.

Laura is survived by a daughter, Rene’e Daehlin Kelly, 22 of Cocoa Beach, Fl, mother, Linda Rae Downard Turner of Knightdale, NC, a sister, Lisa Marie Turner of Wendell, NC, a brother and sister-in-law, Derrick Brandon and Alyssa Danielle Ott of San Antonio, TX, nieces and nephews, Michael Alan Bowman of Knightdale, NC, Patience Rayne Jones, twins Natalie Victoria and Nadia Valerie Turner, all of Wendell, NC, Amarra Nichole, Dominic Brandon, twins Alayna Daylin and Daxton Alexander and Aubrey Delilah Ott, all of San Antonio, TX, aunts and uncles, Rex Michael Lee of Wendell, NC, Roger Alan Lee of Las Vegas, NV, Gary Kenneth and Deanna Barclay Downard of Tucson, AZ, Susan and Perry Reeder of Stockton, CA, Scott Adam Daehlin of Moorpark, CA, Kim Andrew and MaryLinn Daehlin of Moorpark, CA, Joyce Juanita Cook of Conroe, TX, Rusty and Pamela Cook of Georgetown, TX, David Clayton and Cyndi Cook of Willis, TX, and Marshall Duane Cook of Houston, TX.

Laura is predeceased by her father, Edward James Daehlin 7/05/1994, of Knightdale, NC, her grandmothers; Wanda June Cook 8/14/1984, of Galveston, TX, Vera Claire McNary Daehlin 8/15/2015 of Calabassas, CA, Margaret Grace Lee 7/17/1994 of Las Vegas, NV, grandfathers; Joseph Obed Daehlin 2/09/1983 of North Hollywood, CA, Walter Kenneth Downard 6/29/1971, of Stockton, CA, aunts and uncles, Carol Lee Cook 4/10/2010, of Livingston, TX, and James Bartram Cook of Dallas, TX.

Laura is much loved and dearly missed.

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