Obituary of Michele Ann Delery

None Michele Ann Delery passed away peacefully at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia on January 11, 2007. Michele was 43 years old. She was born in Camden, New Jersey and was raised in the southwest and southern California. She attended Newbury Park High School in this California setting and was active in softball and swimming. She was a student at the University of Texas, El Paso, with a business major. Michele had worked most recently at UCAN, the United Community Aids Network and had many job titles. The most recent being the Speaker's Bureau Coordinator. She was active in bringing hope to the afflicted and educating the innocent in her routine speaking engagements. She spoke in middle schools, high schools, tribal settings and correctional facilities. Positive feedbacks from this educational pursuit have been numerous. Those that survive Michele are her husband, Charles Delery; her daughter and son, Michele and Tyler; her parents, Hugh and Shirley Klee; a sister and brother, Joanne Dallas and Michael Klee; grandmother, Mary Fredericks; and father and mother-in-law, Lyle and Shelia Delery. Michele was always a presence in the generation of funding for UCAN, be it Aids walks or the generation of monies and goods for the clients UCAN serves. Her two children assisted her in the fund raising arena with remarkable results. This young lady will always be loved by family and to those she touched in the state of Washington. A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Capital Vision Christian Church, 1775 Yew Ave. N.E., Olympia.