Melissa Jean Traylor Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Melissa Jean Traylor (Bellingham, Washington), born in New Orleans, Louisiana, who passed away on September 5, 2024, at the age of 56, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Melissa Jean farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Melissa Jean is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Elsie Pavel and Robert Pavel; her son Jeremy Traylor; and her sister Mary Loibl. She is survived by: her significant other Dwaine Thorton; her daughter Melaine Traylor; her grandsons, Eli and Michael Benoit; her niece Rachel Pecora; her nephew Evan Loibl; her uncle Larry; and her aunt Sue Hertzog.