Alaiya J'Lee Stark

We never got to hold you

Or kiss your precious nose

To marvel at your little fingers

Or count your tiny toes

We never got to tell you

That we loved you, every day

We never got so many things

Because you couldn’t stay

Our precious little angel

We couldn’t keep you for our own

A piece of us went with you

So you didn’t have to go alone

We will love you for a lifetime

Though you won’t grow a day older

You live on in our hearts and minds

Our Angel on our shoulder.

After four(4) beautiful days of bringing joy to our world, Alaiya J’Lee Stark passes away peacefully during the early hours of Saturday 12/16/2023. Born 10 weeks early at 2lbs 14oz Alaiya made her entrance crying with joy and with beautiful strawberry blonde hair like her mom! Tiny but mighty like the rest of the Stark men, Alaiya grew to be 14inches long. Alaiya spread her love with us and her wings to be with her aunt Jamie Stark and Great Grandmother Joy Thompson.

Alaiya is greatly loved and survived by her Mother Ginger Thompson, Father Jeffrey Stark, Big Brothers Daylon and Jaxon Stark, Grandmother Lisa Ernst, Grandfather Jeffrey Stark, Grandmother Sherrie Thompson, Papa John O’Connor, and her TT’s Ashley Harms and Haley Thompson. Also survived by many cousins!

The family will be hosting a candlelight balloon release for Alaiya at a later date.