Obituary of Denise Ferrari

Denise Dawn Ferrari born on November 24, 1955 lived her life constantly in search of knowledge, understanding and love. Due to an adverse reaction to a chemotherapy drug, Denise passed peacefully on March 7th, 2011 at St Joseph’s Hospital in Tacoma. Denise was born in Chicago, IL to Richard Ferrari and Phyllis Surma. Denise moved to Tacoma, WA nine years ago and is survived by her husband Terry, sons Bob and Randy, grandsons, Noah, Bobby, Joey, and Alex, brother Wayne and sister Dorie. The family is holding a Celebration of Life Memorial Service on Saturday, March 26th, 1:00 PM at Sumner United Methodist Church; 901 Wood Avenue, Sumner, WA with a reception to follow at Denise’s home. The family would like to extend its loving thanks to Melanie Sue, Britt, and Maria for your strength, love and support of Denise during Denise’s journey with lung cancer. If you wish to honor the life of this extraordinary woman, please make remembrances to: Habitat for Humanity, tpc-habitat.org; Pierce County AIDS Foundation, piercecountyaids.org; or the American Cancer Society, cancer.org. "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou.