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Official Obituary of

Vanessa Kurns

October 23, 1969 ~ December 22, 2015 (age 46) 46 Years Old

Vanessa Kurns Obituary

Vanessa Kuuleilani Kurns was born on October 23rd, 1969 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She completed her GED in 2005 at Lincoln Center in Billings, Montana. She married the love of her life on July 3rd 2012 at Riverfront Park in Billings, Montana. She was accepted to the Western Culinary Institute Le Cordon Bleu Program in Portland, Oregon. She has always had a love of taking pictures and was beginning to start the business. She was blessed with the birth of her two grandsons and the time she spent with them. She gained her wings on December 22nd, 2015 at the Riverstone Hospice in Billings, Montana from her battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her husband Samuel Kurns, her mother Gloria Davisson (Richard Longshaw), step-father Scott Davisson, father Robert Lessary Sr (Manu Lessary), siblings Christina (Robert) Moore, Robert (Adele), George, Paul (Lynda) and Veronica (Paul) Dauphin, Leilani, Frankie, her son John and grandsons Kai and Dean, and multiple nieces, nephews and cousins both in Hawaii and on the main land. In lieu of giving flowers or cards please consider the family's financial situation instead, with options of donations online https://www.gofundme.com/vanessakurns or directly to the family.

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