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Corinna Lynn Ragains
October 20, 1980 - August 23, 2018

Corinna  Lynn Ragains

Corinna Lynn Ragains
Oct 20, 1980 - Aug 23, 2018

Corinna  Lynn Ragains
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Terrie on Jun 29, 2022

To anyone who loses a child.
I miss her everyday. I call her cell phone and leave a message. I know it will never be heard but it makes me feel connected, and then I cry, I miss her.
She never reached her potential. She was my first born and probably my first true love. Beautiful from the day she was born and beautiful still on the day she passed.
Hard headed and exceptional at everything she tried, I will miss her everyday, call her cell phone and thank GOD for allowing me to be her mother

Gina and Donald, friends,confidants,big fans and s on Jan 4, 2019

Corinna!
How sad we all are that you are gone. So pretty. Hard headed when you thought you were right. I just heard news of your passing.
I am shocked and hurt. For the loss of the lovely you in our lives. For the fact that over four months have passed without even so much as a mention, by anyone....family, friends, roommates, people from your support group, me and Donald, close friends, best friends, past and present boyfriends...so many of us know each other, yet we all failed in tracking down the last time we noticed you, once again, had gone missing. This would prove to be your last time going off the radar....There is little comfort in knowing that I at least didnt miss your memorial..as there apparently hasnt been one yet. Even worse, and wholly unacceptable, is that I am the first to pay any last respects...honor you as a friend and loved one, say goodbye, you will be missed.
People! She deserved more from us.
I am deeply sorry, Corinna. You mattered. We loved you. We wanted you to conquer your weaknesses and rise back up and realize your dreams! Forgive us all for being wholly unprepared for you leaving us so suddenly. You were valued and cherished. No disrespect was intended . Shock and grief delayed us in our paying our last respects. This was not in any way a reflection of any lack of feelings we had for you. We did not forget you....you will always be remembered and loved ...by your family and friends
Everyone out there taking the time to read this, please consider taking a moment to write about what your time with her meant to you, or what you will miss most about her. This is your last chance to speak up, thank her for being in your life. No right or wrong in anyones response. Honor her with a respectful memory or say goodbye. And if you have memories that you feel compelled to share with her family as I do, please be her voice. She would want us to comfort her family with the things she never got the chance to say ... things she said and feelings she had for them that we heard from her everyday. She loved them all so much.....
To Corinnas' three children...the son and 2 daughters ....I know we never met, but I had the pleasure of hearing all about you, as your mother spoke so lovingly about you guys all the time. Begining at the time we where introduced....(Hi, my name is Corinna and I have two daughters, and an older son...) I was made aware of her love for you and her desire for you all to be reunited. Any time she stayed with us(Donald and Gina) at the Sprague House in Tacoma, it was her children she liked to talk about the most. It was always her goal to get reconnected...to reestablish a consistant presence. Honestly, she struggled. But, from the day I met her, until the last time I saw her, she talked of her goal...never giving up her desire to once again be the actively involved mother she was intended to be. The one she believed she had once been. I am so very sorry that her time with each of you was to end so soon...

To Mr. and Mrs. Shanko, my sincerest sympathy to you both for the loss of your daughter. ...Terry...You probably dont remember, but for a time I was a contact number for you to reach Corinna. We spoke a few times...she left me with message once to relay ...i remember her being in an accident and giving an update, and a time or two we engaged in idle chatter while waiting for her to get to the phone...not very impresssive an introduction, but that person was...is me. I feel nothing less than compelled to share with you the little bit about my time spent with Corinna and share a story I hope warms your heart..
Well, Im sure you are well aware of the fact that your daughter was quite a challenge at times. Definitely was not one that liked to always follow the rules...but she was a hard, competent worker, with a good sense of business practices and high standards in the quality of her work . She never did anything half way. Any task, chore, or project she agreed to do was impressively completed. She was a great help to me when she participated. But, she struggled. And my work often kept her at odds with me. Whether involved and helpful or distant or disruptive, it all was perferrable to her missing in action.
But none of that seemed to ever change my feelings for her... my desire to help her...hopes that she would realize her goal...do better... At the end of the day, I always remember thinking...ya, but what a lovely girl.
Now about that special memory..about a letter she shared with me she had received from you. She read aloud, with tears falling at times, your birthday greeting to her and about how proud you were of her. At the time, we were living together at Sprague House, then managed by my partner,Donald, and I. We had brought her into the clean and sober program. This actually was the last of many stays she had with us during our management there. Donald and I both became very involved during her on and offf time with us. It was there, at a four story, shared sober living house, that her finest skills were very much an asset to not just management but to everyone living at the Spragues. Corinna was one of the few team players, helping me with several needed improvements,, where she proved to be reliable and an excellent household cleaner and organizer. She was more than capable of managing, or owning, business with a "molly maid" service.. or any variety of business performing work in the cleaning, service, or hospitality industries. I dont know if I ever told her that ....Anyway, back to the letter. She had spoken to me of troubles between mother and daughter, and this birthday letter, she said, was the best present she had ever gotten. She was truly touched, and reflected on it for many days that followed. She felt your love and acceptance, and I think forgiveness, too. This I was compelled to tell you. on Corinnas behalf. Just in case you didnt know how much she loved you and always desired these things from you and never felt she had them,,,until that day she read your letter.
That was another day I went to bed thinking....such a lovely girl.
I am deeply sorry she is gone. May His grace be with you in your grief.

Donald and I will always remember her warmly. We loved her.
Walk with God, Corinna.

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