Jade Helen Ulrich

Jade Helen Ulrich, 12, passed away suddenly on Saturday March 6, 2010 near Libby.

Jade was born Aug. 10, 1997 in Whitefish to Lisa (Bauer) Ulrich-Ayidomihou and Justin Ulrich. She was a seventh grade student at Columbia Falls Junior High School.

She had a great passion for horses. She loved riding her horse Babe and had been hoping to start learning barrel racing soon. She loved animals. She had planned to raise sheep this spring for 4-H. She enjoyed writing poetry, singing and being with her friends. She loved going camping with her family up at Spotted Bear. She was planning on taking hunter safety this year, so that she could also enjoy hunting with her family. Jade loved her family very much. She looked up to her big sister, Katie and wanted to be just like her. She loved being with her grampa Dan and her gramma Ramona. She loved her mother, Lisa, so very much. She loved her dear friends and neighbors, Julius, Jolene and Colby Sundheim of Columbia Falls. She considered them her family. She was loved by so many. She was a sweet, vibrant, silly, loveable young lady, who had so much ahead of her. Her family and friends will miss hearing her laugh and watching her dance, her cute, silly dances. We will all miss her so very much.

Jade is survived by her parents, Lisa and Charly Ayidomihou of Columbia Falls and Justin Ulrich of Issaquah, Wash.; big sister, Katie Ulrich; grandfather, Dan Bauer of Columbia Falls; uncle Chad and aunt Joanna Bauer and their two children of Kalispell; aunt Danielle and uncle Jeff Sanders of Kalispell and their three children; great-grandfather Roy Bauer and wife Flossie of Columbia Falls; great-grandmother Lucile Shepherd; grandfather Scott and Debbie Ulrich of Palmer, Alaska; grandmother, Sandy and Roger Goodwin of Kalispell; and special cousins and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010, 1 p.m. at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.