EMILY ROSE MOUNCE

Palmer resident Emily Mounce, 19, died April 6, 2004, in her dorm at Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Wasilla Bible Church. A memorial was also held at the Saint Lawrence University Chapel for her friends and university staff and faculty.

Ms. Mounce was born Aug. 10, 1984, at Valley Hospital in Palmer to Robert L. and Mary E. (Wild) Mounce.

She graduated from Palmer High School in 2002. While attending high school she was an honor student, a member of the high school dance and volleyball teams, was captain of the soccer team, and was also poet laureate. She played volleyball as a Presidential Sports Ambassador to the U.S. Volleyball Team in Italy and served on the Mat-Su Youth Court. She also played Mat-Su hockey, loved to snowboard and was a fitness buff.

At the time of her death she was a student at Saint Lawrence University studying sociology. She was active in many programs on campus and was a member of the University Dance Team. She was proud of her diverse background including her membership in the Cherokee Nation.

Her family and friends said, "Emily had a way of turning heads when she walked in the room. Her beautiful presence, contagious laughter, and infinite talent will be missed by all who knew her."

Ms. Mounce was preceded in death by her brother Robert J. Mounce.

Survivors include mother Mary Mounce and brother William Mounce of Palmer; father Robert Mounce of Anchorage; aunts and uncles Barbara Wild and Fred Sorensen of Anchorage; Johanna and Douglas Shorey of Oregon; Michael Wild and Jane Eidler of Sitka; Laura Mounce of Idaho; Sherry Mounce of North Carolina; godparents Anita and Scott Mitchell of Wasilla; and paternal grandparents Janice Mounce of California and Robert Mounce of Oklahoma. Surviving cousins include Levia Jones of Bozeman, Mont.; Serena and Galen Jones of Anchorage; Logan, Lauren and Lincoln Wild of Sitka; and Paul and Eli Shorey of Boulder, Colo.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Emily Mounce Memorial Fund, c/o the Office of Donor Relations, Saint Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, N.Y., 13617.

Arrangements for cremation were made with Lawrence Funeral Home of Canton.