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Portrait of Paula Ann Longwell
My beautiful sister, and everybody’s person

Paula Ann Longwell

Wife-Mother-Grandmother-Daughter-Sister-Auntie-Friend
July 12, 1966 – March 26, 2017
Lived 50 years
St. Hedwig Cemetery · Dearborn Heights, MI
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Life story

Paula was born in 1966 to James and Mary Ellen Lyons. She was the second oldest of six kids. She was loved beyond measure, brought so much happiness to all our lives. Paula met and married the love of her life, Gary Longwell in 1993. They were living the definition of “happily ever after”. Paula was blessed with two amazing step children, Jen and Kyle whom she loved madly. Paula was also blessed with three amazing grandchildren. Jordan, Riley, and, Henry. She was the glue to her entire family, including extended which made her everyone’s “person”. If you knew her - you loved her! Paula was loyal and loved her people fiercely. Her joy in life came from making other people’s lives better in any way possible. She wore several hats in life like: daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandma, auntie, friend and she left shoes that could not possibly be filled. Her absence will forever affect us.

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1966
Born July 12
1976
Paula was 10 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1977
Paula was 11 when Star Wars opened in theaters
1982
Paula was 16 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1995
Paula was 29 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
1998
Paula was 32 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Paula was 39 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2017
Passed away March 26, age 50
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