Laura Lisa Allen Mays, 68, of Patterson, passed away Thursday morning, February 8, 2024, at her residence, following an extended illness.
Born July 3, 1955 in St. Albans, Vermont, she was a daughter of Roger Allen and the late Gloria Thompson Allen. She grew up in Vermont and had lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kokomo, Indiana and Macomb, Oklahoma before moving to Pierce County in 2022. She had worked as a waitress and in several factories through the years but had also been a longtime housewife.
In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Thomas Mays.
Survivors include her father and stepmother, Roger and Dee Allen of Michigan; three sisters, Deborah Allen of Michigan, Robin Allen of Oklahoma and Linda Perona (husband Darren) of Wisconsin; brother, Rodney Allen of California; special niece, Donna Mascaretti, Patterson; great-nephew and great-niece, Timothy Williams (wife Amanda), Hortense and Monica Williams, Patterson; great-great-nephew, Jase Cheshire, Hortense and several other relatives.
Memorialization was by cremation.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.hartfh.com.
Hart Funeral Home of Blackshear was in charge of arrangements.
