Ashley Larson

We celebrate and remember the life of Ashley Gaye Larson with this memorial timeline. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the Larson family invites you to share your memories of Ashley here. 🌻 🌻 🌻 Ashley was a loving daughter to Jack and Jayne, sister to Ryan (wife Jessica) and Rachel, Aunt to Levi and Leyton and granddaughter to Wendell, Eleonora, Neal and Betty. Ashley was a new godmother to her closest friend Kylie Gongas and fiancé Mark Reed's daughter Willow Reed. Ashley's accomplishments included starting her career in the service industry as a server at Culvers Restaurant of Red Wing in 2005. After graduating from Red Wing High School, she transitioned to working as a lead server at Perkins Restaurant of Red Wing. At the age of 19 Ashley moved to Memphis, TN and began work at Perkins Restaurant of Memphis. While working as a server, Ashley attended the Tennessee Academy of Cosmetology where she developed her talents as a nail technician and further expanded her skillsets in the cosmetology field. Ashley then continued in the service industry and advanced to a Service Manager position at Perkins Restaurant where she excelled due to her compassion, extraordinary work ethic, integrity, and empathy. She brightened the restaurant each day and loved her coworkers and the customers she served. Ashley spent her free time caring for her beloved dogs, Sadie and Zara. And with her adored goddaughter Willow. We remember Ashley as a warm, compassionate, and generous person who embraced life to the fullest and loved her friends and family fiercely. She will be missed by all that knew and loved her. 🌻 Afterglow 🌻 I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.