Valerie spent her entire life giving anything she could to help everyone she encountered. The list of sites by writers groups and others she knew, work with and helped in various ways is testament to her greatness. She made a positive contribution to so many lives with her unique caring love and energy. She is sorely missed.

Valerie, I am so glad I had the opportunity to drive you up to one of your treatments. I learned so much about you and your life. You had such the best spirit and such a positive attitude during your whole ordeal with cancer. You had such great support from your loving sister and friends. You thought about others instead of yourself. You will be greatly missed. Lynn Mecham (Nephi, Utah)

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
~Theodor Seuss Geisel
Val I learned so much from you. I am truely blessed to have met you and spent so many Sunday nights visiting. You always lit up my livingroom with your opitimism, love, and sunny disposition. Thank you for being you.

My short friendship with Valerie was a special thing for me. I so much enjoyed our time together on our trips to Provo for her radiation treatments. She was an engaging woman with a wonderful attitude about her illness & more importantly about her life. I will miss her.

Valerie was always such a delightful person. She would come into the library and ALWAYS had something to share with us. I enjoyed her stories and her positivity which radiated from her. We love you Valerie and you will be greatly missed!

Valerie you were such a sweet loving and caring person, so up lifting when times seemed hard I will miss you so very much!

Valerie was a loving, caring, sharing person. She took the time to talk to our children and really listen to them and converse with them about the things that interested them. We had many good visits with her in our home and hers. I miss our walks where we talked about many topics, one of which was our mutual love of reading. I know that now she is in a place of peace and joy and I am grateful we had her as our neighbor for the years that she lived by us. Love, Jan & Dean and children