Alysia Marie Lyons-Cole

Alysia Marie entered this world on January 12, 1976, and nothing in our lives would ever be the same. Born to loving parents, Al (Arvey) and Dee (Denise). Not long after, she was embraced by more family…her brothers Ronnie and Larry, and Vicki rounded out the family she loved fiercely. This dynamic and effervescent life form was unique and multi-talented. She loved hard and would equally fight hard for anything she believed in. Alysia began her education at Doheny and Leona schools in Los Angeles. Following her Mom’s career to Oakland Alysia attended St. Leos, Bentley, and then St. Pascal’s for elementary and middle schools. She graduated from Bishop O’Dowd High School. She began her college experience at San Francisco State before earning her degree at Cal State Dominguez Hills with a double major and academic honors. Early in life Alysia was a Camp Fire Girl and Hospital Jr. Volunteer. She was exposed to the gastronomic world at The Gingerbread House and we were treated to her culinary skills throughout her life. Later, her career and entrepreneurial spirit fostered many endeavors under an umbrella of “Mixed Media” the Accounting and Custom Apparel business she founded. Her recent volunteer work centered on the Murrieta children she adopted as her own. All of her hobbies, business endeavors and love of sports paled when compared to the passion she poured into the Murrieta Valley Schools’ children. Her Boys often joked that she might love ‘those kids’ more than them because if a child needed something that she had she would give it to them, even if it belonged to Dexter or Dean. She thoroughly enjoyed her work as PTA President and as a member of various school functions. Alysia was blessed with two sons, the loves of her life, Dexter and Dean Cole, whom she adored. Dexter was her ‘person’, the one she relied on, and Dean, her ‘baby’, whom she doted on. Her mantra for them, as noted on their refrigerator, was ‘FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION’. She guided them towards achieving that goal. Love of travel came naturally for the girl who spent her second week of life in Palm Springs and visited Europe by age three. One of her most memorable trips was recently to Hawaii with her sons and Melissa. Alysia loved her family and friends immensely, especially Anna, officially her cousin, but really her older sister and life-long yin and yang. When Dan, her other Dad, entered her life they formed a deep and unbreakable bond for the rest of her life. Her childhood friends were her touch stone. Her ‘GIRLS’, as she called them, were as full of life and ready for the adventures they regularly enjoyed together. Alysia was called into the loving embrace of our Lord on Saturday March 7, 2020. She was preceded in death by her much loved Grandmother’s, Antonia Baptiste and Jewel Dean Nealy, Great-Grandmothers Viola Dennis and Ruth Hardy. She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted children, Dexter and Dean; her beloved mother Dee Farrell (Dan), her father Arvey Lyons Jr. (Vicki), her Great-Grandfather Arvey H. Lyons (Pearl), her siblings Ron Newble (Lina), Larry Newble, Darick Farrell, and her Uncle Roger Jackson. Alysia will also be remembered by her Girls, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Nieces, Nephews, God-children, and extended family and friends.