Raquelle Elaine Reynolds 

May 2, 1996-Jan. 25, 2016

Raquelle Elaine Reynolds, 19, of Soldotna died Monday, Jan. 25, 2016.

She was born Thursday, May 2, 1996, in Anchorage to Frederick Anthony Reynolds and Melody Ann Ruhl. 

She spent summers in Pilot Point, Bristol Bay, with her father, where she became the captain of her own commercial fish site with her sisters. She spent the school year with her mother in Kenai where she graduated. In her younger years, she was enormously proud of her spelling bee victories and was extremely intelligent.

She was a competitor at heart, playing competitive soccer, basketball and volleyball all the way through high school.

Her family said, “She was a very loving person with a big heart and a big smile who always put your heart and feelings before hers.”

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Lorraine Reynolds, and aunt, Laura Stonecipher.

She is survived by her loving parents, Rick and Melody; sisters, Ericka and Whitney Reynolds; grandmother, Noni Ruhl; uncle, Donald Ruhl; auntie, Faye Tracy; cousins, Dustin and Dana Tracy, Jayden Douglas, Ashlee and Kaos Ruhl, Sabrina and Tiffany Knickerbocker, and Jarred Stonecipher; great uncles, Wesley, Roy and David Matsuna and John Ruhl; great aunties, Aniccia Tretikoff and Sherri and Lidia Matsuno ;and many other family members and friends.

A celebration of Raquelle’s life was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School. A private family burial  followed. 

Please visit www.alaskanfuneral.com to send condolences to Raquelle’s family.