Laurie was a graduate of Mesa High school and also of Mesa Community College’s School of Nursing. After graduation she worked as a registered nurse. Laurie dedicated much of her spare time to becoming a master scrap booker and adoring her cats.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Helen and C.L. Nowak and Joseph and Margaret Cousins; aunts, Celena Beler, Mary Cays and Susan Nowak (infant); and cousins, Thomas Beler and Jeanne Beler Anderson.
Laurie is survived by her son, JT Compton; her loving parents, John and Margaret Nowak; brother, Michael (Kristi) Nowak of Mesa, AZ and his children, Michelle and David Nowak; brother, Jeffery (Koo Carroll) Nowak of Chandler, AZ and his children, Paul (Nicole) Poling and their child, Ian Poling, and Trace Schroeder; her uncles, George Nowak and family, Thomas Cousins and family and Donald Cousins and family; and her cousin, Curtis Cays
Private services were previously held. Please visit www.melchermission.com to leave online condolences for Laurie’s family.