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Subject: Alyson Colleen Lansberry Billings (1959-2005) Obit
Date: 9 Nov 2005 13:19:07 -0700

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The Idaho Statesman | Edition Date: November 09, 2005



Alyson Colleen Lansberry Billings, 46, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005 in Boise, from complications of anorexia nervosa, a disease she had been battling for many years. This disease destroys the potential of any truly gifted and bright individual, a fact that Alyson wanted to be mentioned in her obituary in hopes that it might save even one young person from a similar fate.

Alyson was born Aug. 28, 1959 at Soda Springs, Idaho to James E. and Doris Foulk Lansberry. She spent her early years and attended schools in Soda Springs and Salt Lake City until the family moved to Twin Falls in 1974. She graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1977, where she played on the first girls' basketball team to be formed at the high school. A talented pianist, she studied under Teala Percin for several years, giving a private recital at age 15.

Following graduation from high school, Alyson joined the Navy, serving more than nine years. While in the service, she attended Hospital Corpsman School at Great Lakes Naval Hospital in Chicago, after which she served at the Naval Regional Medical Center located at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. In 1981 she was assigned to the regional recruiting office in Boston, Mass., where she recruited medical students from the area universities into the Armed Forces Medical Scholarship Program. She was honorably discharged in 1986 and is registered in the Women In Military Service Memorial located in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. She moved to Boise in 1986 and worked as a medical assistant. A registered phlebotomist, she later became director of the American Plasma Center. She attended Boise State University, graduating with honors in 1997 with an associate degree in accounting technology. She then worked for Ethan Allen Home Interiors until 20!
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Alyson married Blaine C. Billings in 1989; they were later divorced. Alyson enjoyed many interests, including golf, softball, basketball, bicycling, reading, working jigsaw puzzles and volunteering at the Veterans Administration Hospital several days a week. She held a special love for cats and shared her life with several throughout the years.

She is survived by her loving parents Jim and Doris Lansberry of Twin Falls; brothers Gregory (Mary Alice) Lansberry and David Lansberry of Boise, and Stephen C. Lansberry of Soda Springs, Idaho; and extended family, aunts Marian L. Ranstrom of Denver, Colo. and Joyce (Steve) Harrop of Omaha, Neb., and uncle Harold (Jody) Banta of Prescott, Ariz.; as well as numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and dear friends. She was preceded in death by grandparents Vic and Ora Lansberry of Soda Springs, and George and Verna Foulk of Pocatello; a very special aunt, Betty "Jeannie" Banta; and a nephew, Stephen Curtis Lansberry Jr. In honor of her wishes, a private memorial service with military rites will be held at a later date. She will be inurned in the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. Cremation is under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home, Boise. Because of her deep love for cats, in lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be given to Just Strays, the Idaho Humane Society, or an !
Animal Shelter of choice.

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