Davia Juliet Howard, died Jan. 12, 2002, at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. She was born Sept. 21, 2000. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at Burley Funeral Chapel with burial following at Maple Leaf Cemetery. Pastor David Browning of Christ the King Church will be officiating. A reception will be held at Solid Ground coffee shop on SE Cabot Drive following the burial. Visitation will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17 from noon to 8 p.m. at Burley Funeral Chapel.

Davia, a beautiful and joyful girl with a fighting spirit who loved Kix, and music and peanut butter and jelly, faced the difficulty of heart disease with more bravery and smiles than anyone could ever hope for. Our time with her has been full of joy and laughter and we are thankful for being entrusted with her to fall in love with and adore.

She is lovingly missed by her mom and dad, Sean and Sandi Howard, her siblings, Kai, Destiny, Ryder and Magenta Howard, maternal grandparents, Charles Carter and Juli Carter both of Florida, paternal grandparents, Lisa and Mike Birr of California and Forrest Howard of Mississippi. Aunts and uncles, Stacia Howard, Dylan and Nikki Carter, Allyson Carter, Jesse Carter and Cory Carter also survive.

We all cannot wait to see you again.

In lieu of flowers there is a memorial fund set up to defer medical and funeral costs. Davia Howard Memorial Fund c/o Pacific Northwest Bank, 275 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor, WA 98277