Alauna Dee Muir

Alauna Dee Muir, December 14, 2010, in peaceful sleep, was lifted to heaven and surrounded by loving arms of family members waiting to greet her.

Alauna Dee Muir was born September 18, 1969 in Pocatello, Idaho to Max G. Muir and Lynda Lewis Muir. She spent 3 weeks in the hospital before coming home to her waiting family. She was a cherub with big bright eyes and lots of dark curly hair. She spent her early childhood in Aberdeen, Idaho. In American Falls, Idaho, she started kindergarten, but the family moved to Quincy, Washington for first grade. It was there that she took care of a bully that was bugging her big brother, Les, by hitting the bully on the head with her lunch bucket. She became the protector from then on, no one was going to hurt her family.

In the late 70's her family moved back to Aberdeen, she called it home. Alauna loved Aberdeen and going to school to be with her many friends. She was the first girl to play football in Aberdeen and she loved that. She said it was always so fun to take the helmet off so the other team could see her long hair…and be surprised that they had just played football with a “girl!” Mom wouldn't let her play in high school much to the coach's dismay and Alauna's. Her love for football didn't end there. She watched as many games on television as she could fit in to her schedule. She would raise the roof with all the hooting and hollering. She was a fan to the last.

Her sophomore year, the family moved to Boardman, Oregon and she went to Riverside High School where she participated in photography for the annual. She also worked for the local paper covering high school sports articles and pictures. She had many friends and favorite teachers, Mrs. Glenn, Miss Mac and Mrs. Lappin. She also played basketball, although she had to prove to the coach that a 4'10” body was very capable of making baskets and slipping under and around those 6' bodies. Alauna graduated in 1987 and then continued her education at Blue Mountain Community College. She admitted later she did more fishing than studying. She then continued her education at Mt. Hood Community College. She came home from college and went to work for TAC, a company that sold hay to the Japanese. She did well there and loved her Japanese classes immensely. She would get great pleasure in teasing the big business men from Japan who would come to her office and speak in their native language, thinking what they were saying was not comprehended. She would sit quietly and then say something in their language. She used to laugh at how fast their English became fluent.

Alauna left Boardman and returned home, to Aberdeen. She began her dispatching job, that ultimately led to a career, in Aberdeen dispatching for the police, fire and police departments. She also attained her E.M.T training during this period.

Alauna moved to Michigan to be close to her dad, who was ill in 1996. She worked several places there before she found herself in dispatching again. She began working for the Isabella County Dispatch Center in 2000 and loved her job. She was Dispatcher of the Year 3 years in a row. She attended a lot of training to improve her skills and she was the union representative as well. She made many friends that became family to her. As her family we are so grateful to know how much she was loved by those people. We used to think she was all alone in Michigan, but we have discovered that was not the case.

Alauna loved to hunt and fish. She took her first antelope when she was 12 years old and had been hunting with friends in Michigan, just weeks before she passed away. She was so talented with her oil paintings, her chalks and pen and ink. She had a beautiful voice, but only a few got the chance to hear it. She loved her Christmas village and made it quite elaborate, always looking for just the right piece to add to it. Her loved of photography has given us beautiful photos to remind us of the beauty of the earth. Alauna loved to cook, making dinner for the work crew gave her great pleasure and she always cooked when she came home to be with her family. She canned hot salsa and pickles and jams. She loved Chinese food. When she came home she would freeze 10 pounds of Falls Brand hot dogs and pack then back on the plane. Explaining that to TSA was fun. There was always laughter when in Alauna's company. She could keep us in stitches over silly things all day and into the night. We will miss our fun times together and miss the laughter bouncing off the walls in our homes. Heaven probably is not as quiet as it once was.

She loved being with family and loved all the nieces and nephews dearly. This was the hardest part for Alauna not being home. She missed out on the little ones growing up and not being able to be as close as she would have liked to have been. They still had great love for the dear aunt.

Alauna is survived by her mother, Lynda, a brother, Brandyn (Wendy), sister, Vickie (John), sister-in-law, Shannon (Jeff) Roper. Her nieces, Meisha, Alicia, Casey, Kymberli, Amanda, Morgan, Emma, and nephews, Dallas and Colton, grandmother, Mona D. Muir and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She had a wonderful German Shepherd, MacGregor, that was her protector, her buddy, her “Boy” as she called him. He too will miss his loving companion and we hope he finds another loving human to take him and give him a home.

She was preceded in death by her father, Max, brother, Les, Grandpa and Grandma Lewis, Grandpa Muir and several cousins.


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