Wednesday, August 16, 2017, on a perfectly gorgeous summers eve, my courageous, caring and loving daughter, Alexis Jane Waters, lost her nearly nine-year battle with stage IV metastatic melanoma cancer. Surrounded and supported by an army of family, friends, fellow workers and followers on social media from around the world, she fought and shared her battle against this insidious disease with grace, strength, character and humility in the face of insurmountable odds. Hers is a terrible loss and she was taken from us much too soon.
Alexis Jane Waters’ was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1, 1982. She spent her childhood years in Millcreek, Utah, educated in public schools, graduating from Olympus High School in 1997. She received her BS degree in Phycology with a minor in Sociology from Columbia College. She was incredibly bright and successful in every undertaking she pursued which culminated in her owning and operating her own business before cancer took its toll.
Deeply committed to the planet earth and all its inhabitants while profoundly thankful for the blessings she enjoyed she strongly advocated for social causes and inclusiveness. She loved life and all its goodness. To know her was to love her and from a young age, she shared that love with the world. She leaves behind her parents: Jeffrey and Shirley Waters, her sister, Sarah Elizabeth Waters and a large extended army of family and friends who shared their unconditional love for this extraordinary human being.
The family wishes to thank the Huntsman Cancer Institute for their tireless support that has been Alexis’s second home these past three plus years.
In keeping with Alexis’s strong commitment to finding a cure for this terrible disease, she donated her body to the University of Utah Medical Center. A celebration of life for family and friends will be held at a future date. As per Alexis’ request, please donate in her name to the Huntsman Cancer Institute or the Melanoma Research Foundation.
Finally relieved from the ravages, pain and suffering of cancer, she is now free to soar with the angels and swim with the dolphins.
“Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.” Albert Einstein
