Colleen Weeks

our loving Sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, friend, and fellow-worker, passed quietly from complications associated with cancer on September 29, 2007 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle Washington.Colleen was born March 14, 1953 in Cody Wyoming to Stanley Lynn and Katherine Olpin Weeks and later that year moved with her family to Walnut Creek California. She attended K-12 in Walnut Creek graduating from Del Valle High School in 1971. Colleen graduated with her bachelor degree from Brigham Young University in 1976.Her life was an example of sacrifice and service to others, especially the lives of the developmentally disabled. She worked at C.A.R. in Palo Alto, California, in Seattle at Northwest Center Industries and most recently at Creative Living Services in Seattle, Washington.Colleen was blessed with 6 brothers, and always wanted a sister. Her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, included serving in the Oakland and Seattle temples, as a primary teacher, full-time missionary in the Ohio Cleveland mission from 1978-1980 and twice as a Relief Society president 12 of the last 15 years of her life. Colleen lived the Relief Society motto "Charity Never Faileth." Through her life of love and service Colleen influenced thousands of lives for good. She was a friendly, kind, loving and caring person who always put others first. We will miss her and we will try to be more like her.Colleen is survived by her mother, brothers; Alan Weeks of Riverside, CA, Paul Weeks of Orangevale, CA, Mark Weeks of Carson City, NV, Jim Weeks of El Dorado Hills, CA, John Weeks of Kent, WA and David Weeks of Lodi, CA, and 30 favorite nieces and nephews.Memorial services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. in the Seattle North Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5701 8th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 [Map]. Friends and family are invited to attend and celebrate the life of Colleen Weeks.Arrangements by Cook Family Funeral Home.