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Her Life
February 6, 2012
Eric Clapton - Would You Know My Name

VICKIE LOUISE SPENCER-DEFOE, WAS BORN, SEPTEMBER 22, 1989 TO PAUL & MARIE SPENCER OF OGEMAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN.  SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN, WHICH INCLUDES TWO SISTERS-MICHELLE AND SHERI, AND HER BROTHER-PAUL JR.  SHE'S THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF EUGENE & ELAINE SEARLES, AND VIRGIL & JACKIE SPENCER.  

SHE CAME INTO THIS WORLD AS PROUD, CONFIDENT, AND DETERMINED AS SHE WAS WHEN LEAVING.  SHE WAS THE SOURCE OF JOY AND HAPPINESS, TO ALL WHO KNEW AND WELCOMED HER INTO THIS WORLD.  SHE QUICKLY TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO KNEW HER.  THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDEPENDENCE AND THE VIBRANT SPARK SHE HAD, WAS CHARACTERISTICS SHE CARRIED OVER AS AN ADULT.

HER CHILDHOOD CONSISTED OF NOTHING BUT FUN & EXCITEMENT.  SHE LOVED TO LIVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.  DRESSING UP LIKE A PRINCESS FOR SCHOOL, TOPPED WITH A PRETTY BOW IN HER HAIR, TO PLAYING IN THE MUD, CLIMBING TREES, AND RIDING THE 4-WHEELER, WHEN SHE GOT HOME.  SHE LOVED SWIMMING IN HER POOL, RIDING HER BIKE, AND ROLLER BLADING.  

VICKIE HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC, DANCING, AND MOST OF ALL SINGING IN HER KAREOKE MACHINE--TO TIM MCGRAW AND THE DIXIE CHICKS.  HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN--NO OTHER THAN--PINK!  THE CAMERA OR VIDEO CAMERA WAS QUITE OFTEN IN HAND WITH HER, CAPTURING THE MEMORABLE MOMENTS SHE SHARED WITH HER FRIENDS & FAMILY.  

AS SHE LEAPED INTO HER TEENAGE YEARS, HER OUT-GOING AND INFECTIOUS PERSONALITY MADE IT EASY FOR HER TO MAKE FRIENDS OR MEET NEW PEOPLE.  LOYALTY TO HER FRIENDS WAS IMPORTANT TO HER. AS WELL AS RESPECTING AND TRUSTING EACHOTHER.  SHE FORMED MANY UNFORGETABLE FRIENDSHIPS IN BOTH MICHIGAN & TENNESSEE.  HOLDING MEMORIES TO LAST A LIFETME. 

TIME MATURED HER AS SHE GREW INTO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY.  SHE HAD EYES THAT SPARKLED, AND A SMILE THAT COULD LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SKY. HER HEART WAS MADE OF GOLD, WHICH ALLOWED HER TO  SHARE HER GENEROUSITY AND HAPPINESS WITH THE WORLD.  NOTHING WAS ABLE TO BRING HER DOWN,  UPLIFTING  ANYTHING THAT TRIED.  HER DETERMINED MIND-SET ALLOWED HER TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING SHE SET OUT FOR. IF SHE WANTED SOMETHING, SHE GOT IT.

SHE BECAME MRS. VICKIE DEFOE, WHEN SHE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, SHAWN DEFOE,  AT THE EARLY AGE OF 17, NINE MONTHS AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO THEIR SON-TREVOR.  THE NEW PARENTS/NEWLY WEDS WENT ON THAT FALL TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATING IN THE SUMMER OF 2007.  JUST THREE MONTHS FOLLOWING GRADUATION, THEY WELCOMED THEIR DAUGHTER-AMBER- INTO THE WORLD.  THE YOUNG PARENTS, SHOWED THE WORLD, "IT CAN BE DONE" AS THEY RAISED TWO SMALL CHILDREN, AND BOUGHT THEIR HOME AT THE AGES OF 18.  MAKING EVERYONE WHO KNEW THEM, PROUD OF THEM.  THEY GOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND STAYED ON TO LIVE LIFE AS A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE DOES.

VICKIE BEGAN WORKING AT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, WHEN SHE WAS 19.  IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR HER TO REALIZE, THE TYPE OF WORK SHE PROVIDED, WAS HER CALLING AND WAS WHAT SHE WAS MEANT TO DO.  SHE LOVED TAKING CARE OF HER PATIENTS, AS THEY STOLE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART.  SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO MAKING THIS HER CAREER FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.  

IN JUNE OF 2010, VICKIE AND SHAWN WELCOMED THEIR 2ND DAUGHTER-ALYSSA INTO THE WORLD.  MAKING THEIR FAMILY COMPLETE, AS VICKIE ALWAYS WANTED THREE CHILDREN.  NOTHING MEANT MORE TO HER THAN HER CHILDREN.  SHE LIVED FOR THEIR HAPPINESS.  BECOMING A MOTHER WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A NATURAL BORN PARENT, AND DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LIFE OF HAPPINESS, AS THEY DESERVED.  SHE WOULD GIVE HER LAST MEAL OR CLOTHES OFF HER BODY, IF THEY NEEDED IT.  THE MOTHERHOOD TRAIT SHE CARRIED SHOWED THROUGH THE CHILDREN, BY THE LOOK IN THEIR EYES WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THEIR MOMMY...HER SMILE AND TOUCH, MADE THE CHILDREN'S EYES LIGHT UP, AS THE GLOWING EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACE WAS INSANTLY NOTICED. 

AS AN ADULT, VICKIE LOVED TO SHOP FOR CLOTHES, HAD A WEAKNESS FOR RUMMAGE SALEING, AND LOVED RIDIG HER 4-WHEELER.  SHE LOVED TO MAKE ALL DECORATIONS FOR HER KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES, AS WELL AS PLANNING/HOSTING THE KIDS PARTIES.  SHE CREATED HER OWN GAMES, AND FOOD IDEAS, MAKING THEIR PARTIES UNIQUE.  HOLIDAY'S WERE HER FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR.  WITH AN EXRA LOVE FOR EASTER AND CHRISTMAS.  THE FAMILY TIME SPENT TOGETHER MEANT THE MOST TO HER.  AS OUR FAMILY'S CLOSENESS, IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. 

IN APRIL 2011, JUST A WEEK BEFOE EASTER, VICKIE RECEIVED THE DEVISTATING DIAGNOSIS OF A RARE-TERMINAL CANCER THAT WAS FOUND IN HER UTEROUS AFTER GETTING HER TUBES TIED.  THE BLACK CLOUD THAT APPEARED THAT DAY OVER THE FAMILY, CONTINUED TO RAIN ITS DROPS OF SADNESS OVER HER AND OUR FAMILY, WITHOUT LETTING A DAY PASS, WITH A SPOT OF SUNSHINE TO EASE THE PAIN OUR HEARTS WERE FEELING.  VICKIE MADE US ALL SO PROUD OF THE WAY SHE HANDLED THIS TIME IN HER LIFE, AS SHE QUICKLY TOLD US, SHE ACCEPTED THE CANCER AND WAS READY TO FACE IT.  SHE BECAME THE HERO AND AN INSPIRATION TO EVERY FAMILY MEMBER WHO SPENT HER DAYS WITH, SEEING HER GO THROUGH THE STRUGGLES OF CHEMO TREATMENTS, DAILY PAIN AND SICKNESS, AND THE MANY OTHER OBSTACLES SHE ENDURED.  NEVER HAVING A TIME WHERE A COMPLAINT OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE CAME FROM HER. NO MATTER HOW HORRIBLE SHE FELT, SHE PUT A SMILE ON HER FACE, AND KEPT A POSITIVE, OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE.  SHE DIDN'T WANT HER LOVED ONES TO BE SAD OR TO WORRY ABOUT HER.  SETTING ASIDE HERSELF, TO PUT OTHERS FEELINGS BEFORE HERS. 

SHE SPENT THE LAST OF HER DAYS, SURROUNDED WITH CARE, ALONG WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION OF HER FAMILY.  ON SUNDAY--NOVEMBER 6, 2011, THE LORD CALLED HER HOME, AND VICKIE TRAGICALLY LOST HER 7 MONTH BATTLE TO CANCER, AT THE YOUNG AGE OF ONLY 22.  SHE PREPARED HERSELF FOR THE
COMING OF HER TRAVELS TO HEAVEN, WITH A FINAL STEP OF GETTING "SAVED" JUST 3 WEEKS BEFOE SHE PASSED AWAY.  GIVING HERSELF AS WELL AS HER LOVED ONES THE SECURE FEELING OF KNOWING SHE WENT TO A BETTER PLACE, AND IS NO LONGER IN PAIN AT THE MERCY OF THE EVIL DISEASE THAT ULTIMATLEY TOOK HER LIFE.  

VICKIE DEFOE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, AND HIGH SCHOOL SWEET HEART, SHAWN,  ALONG WITH THEIR THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, TREVOR, AMBER AND ALYSSA.  

ALSO SURVIVING IS HER MOTHER, MARIE, SISTERS-MICHELLE AND SHERI, BROTHER-PAUL, 6 NEICES & 6 NEPHEWS.  HER MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW--TIMOTHY & JOSEPHINE DEFOE. SHE LEAVES BEHIND NUMBEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS AS WELL AS HER ONLY LIVING GRANDPARENT, ELAINE SEARLES. SHE IS ALSO MISSED BY FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS, WHO SHARED MEMORIES WITH VICKIE. 

VICKIE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTON BY ANYONE WHO KNEW HER.  THE WORLD LOST A WONDERFUL, UNREPLACEABLE  PERSON ON THE NOVEMBER DAY, CREATING A PERMANENT  VOID IN MANY HEARTS OF LOVED ONES. 

REST IN PEACE---VICKIE LOUISE SPENCER-DEFOE---