- Date Of Birth: July 16, 1988
- Date Of Death: July 25, 2010
- State: Montana
Shayla Marie Dunlap, 22, passed away Sunday morning, July 25, 2010 near Kalispell, Montana as the result of a vehicle accident. She was born on July 16, 1988 in Kalispell to John Jay and Vicki Lynn (Leivo) Dunlap.
Shayla began her early education in Columbia Falls and continued on to Columbia Falls High School. It was early in her Sophmore year that Shayla was diagnosed with Leukemia and spent the next six months in Seattle receiving treatment. Returning to school she enjoyed playing basketball, volleyball and became a cheerleader. Her favorite sport to cheer was wrestling where her boyfriend David Ampudia was. Shayla had very diverse interests and tastes. She loved interesting foods like parmesan noodles with corn and Oatmeal and was very much a young lady and loved getting her hair and nails done. She was very athletic, enjoying her work outs and enjoyed the outdoors. In September of 2008 Shayla relapsed with Leukemia and her sister, Shelby, once again came to her rescue. In 2003 it was with a Bone Marrow transplant and in 2008 a blood transfusion.
Shayla was preceded in death by her father John Jay Dunlap in 1996 and her grandfather, Jack Dunlap. She is survived by her mother, Vicki Dunlap; a sister, Shelby Dunlap and a brother, Hunter Koleszar; maternal grandparents, Leland and Jane Leivo and paternal grandmother, Karen Ricks Dunlap; aunts Lisa, Christy, Kim and Kathy, an uncles Mike, Paul and Charlie as well as many cousins and a special second cousin.
