Celebrant Pam Meily Vetter


	Celebrating Life Everyone Has A Story...

She was born Tawnia Lane Prahlow in Eugene, Oregon, in 1974. When she was one month old, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Tawnia’s grandparents lived.

A year after her birth, Tawnia, was happy to have a companion in her little sister, Hilary. The girls were very close to their grandparents and took vacations to Twin Lakes in Wisconsin, where they went fishing and swam in the lake. They also created memories on a special vacation to Disney World in Florida with their grandparents.

In 1983, when Tawnia’s mother, Patricia, married Steve Trytten, the girls were happy to take his last name. The family moved to Glendale in 1984.

Tawnia had an amazing love for animals. Over the years, she and her family rescued animals who needed a home, which included rabbits, dogs, cats, and hamsters. Tawnia was also very creative and even built a rabbit hutch by herself.

Tawnia was very academic and was invited into the gifted program in the Glendale school system. She attended Toll Middle School and graduated from Hoover High School in Glendale in 1992. She went on to further education at Glendale College and California State Long Beach with a focus on nursing. Tawnia worked as a Payment Processor with Aames Home Loans in downtown Los Angeles and later she worked at DNR Records.

The best parts of her life were the births of her two children. Her son, Stephen Flores, was born in May 1992 and her daughter, Samantha Flores, was born in May 1999. Tawnia and her children shared special May birthdays. Tawnia was so proud of her children and wanted the best for both of them.

Tawnia will be remembered as handy, very generous, funny, and spiritual. She had a 6th sense when it came to predictions and they always came true. Her purpose in life was to show us how to be more generous to others.

Memorial donations are welcome in Tawnia Trytten's name to the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org or to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, www.ASPCA.org.