Cassandra Marlene Ahmann (Cassie)

Cassandra Marlene Ahmann (Cassie), 16-year-old daughter of Stephen and Laurie Ahmann, passed away Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Cassie was born in Centralia, Wash., on Feb. 20, 1990. She was a lighthearted child, quick to laugh and play, and loved helping her parents on their farm. As a young woman, Cassie had many interests, from playing piano and guitar to volleyball and choir, though she was happiest cheerleading for the Warden wrestling team. She loved digital photography and made special videos for family and friends. Cassie's room is filled with pictures of her many, many friends, all of whom remember her as not just someone to laugh with, but someone who was there for them. She was an active member of the Queen of All Saints Youth Group and participated wherever she could as a member of the parish. Cassie was a much-loved friend of the residents at Hearthstone Inn Assisted Living, who watched her grow over the past seven years.

As important as friends were to Cassie, her heart was closest to her family. At Cassie's Web site, she wrote the following, "Everyone (is my hero) cause anyone can make a difference in the world but (especially) my older sister, with all she has been through!"

She has set an example to me, and my brother Luke who is fighting for the world's freedom and mine. All my friends, family and everyone that I have met in my life, they are all heroes in some way in my heart.

Cassie is survived by her parents, Stephen and Laurie Ahmann, her two older sisters Brittany and Monica, her brother Luke, serving in Iraq, her little sister Hannah, her grandparents Con and Marlene Ahmann and Ed and Liz Knoop, many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Holy Rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 4, at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Warden. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, also at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church with Monsignor Ron Metha and Monsignor Martin O. Skehan as celebrants. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Warden. Memorials may be made to the Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Warden. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory, Moses Lake. Viewing will take place at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.