Syrena Lynn Packard

As funeral attendance is limited due to COVID-19 mandates, please join the family by live stream at https://www.facebook.com/BrownWynneCary/ on Friday, May 29, 2020 at 12:00pm for the funeral service, followed by the graveside service (estimated sometime 1:00pm-1:30pm).

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Syrena Lynn Packard, 61, passed suddenly on May 20, 2020. She was born on August 25th 1958 in Newport, Rhode Island. Syrena married her childhood sweetheart on January 28th 1978, and remained happily married for 42 years. She worked in the travel industry, which afforded her the opportunity to travel the world, which was one of her passions.

She loved her husband/soulmate, children, grandchildren, family, numerous friends, pets, the beach and traveling. Syrena had a profound passion for life and conversation, and will truly be missed by all those whose lives she touched.

Syrena is preceded in death by her father William Burris, and her mother Harriet (Rene) Mulgrew, and her in-laws Gordon & Lorraine Packard. She is survived by her husband Russell (Russ) Packard, her children Rusty & wife Margaret (P.J.) Packard, Crystal & husband John Forrest, brothers Joseph Burris & husband John Nash, and William Burris, sisters Dawn & husband Chaz Wolf, Cindy Slawson-Grant & husband Robert Grant, and grandchildren Britney, John, Jason, and Kaitlynn Forrest, and Colin Packard.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to:

The American Cancer Association at: ​https://donate3.cancer.org/

The American Heart Association at: https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=donatenow_legacy&s_src=pmxsem19_le gacy&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk6W4waXN6QIVjbbICh3OmA0IEAAYASABEgJRtPD_BwE

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