BRESSMAN, Kody Russell

Mohave Daily News, Mohave Valley, AZ - Published in Mohave Daily News Online from April 7 to April 14, 2013 - Kody Bressman, age 25, a former part-time resident of Fort Mohave, Ariz., died on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in North Carolina. Kody was born on January 24, 1988 in Oklahoma City, Okla. to Billy Leroy and Jan Michele (Russell) Bressman. He grew up in Lawton, Okla. and attended Cameron University pre-school, Hugh Bish and Woodland Hills elementary schools. He attended Eisenhower Junior High and graduated from Eisenhower High School in 2006. He attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Okla. In 2007 Kody moved to Las Vegas, Nev. where he attended and graduated from the University of Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a focus in Accounting and Spanish. While he attended UNLV, he also studied abroad at the La Universidad de Paris Vasco in San Sebastian, Spain. He received a minor, in Spanish from this university and was fluent in Spanish. He lived with a Basque family. Kody was initiated as a worthy prelate officer of Phi Delta Chi-Alpha Omega Chapter (a professional pharmacy fraternity). He worked at Walgreens pharmacy as a licensed pharmacy technician from 2006-2012, and also as a tax preparer at ABD Enterprises LLC, Fort Mohave, Ariz., since 2010. Kody was currently employed by Nimble Storage in North Carolina. Kody loved life and lived life to the fullest. He also loved and cherished his family and friends. He enjoyed reading, writing, working out, golfing, surfing, and snowboarding. He recently competed in the Warrior Dash in Las Vegas, Nev. He was very interested in technology and was considered a "technology genius" by his family and friends. He loved to travel around the world. He had a soft spot for animals especially his faithful friend Say-D. Kody was a wonderful son, brother, cousin, and friend. He was always there for his family and friends to guide them, advise them, but most importantly, to love them unconditionally. He always made his family proud. Kody was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Tony Russell; maternal great-grandparents, Nathalie (Nana) and Phillip Russell; and paternal great-grandparents, Leroy and Ruby Graves, and Jimmy and Daniel Oliver Bressman. Kody is survived by his mother and father, Billy and Jan Bressman of Fort Mohave, Ariz.; brother and best friend, Kaden Bressman of Gilbert, Ariz.; maternal grandmother, Fayrene Russell of Lawton, Okla.; paternal grandparents, Billy and Joann Bressman of Apache, Okla.; aunts and uncles, Donald and Jill Ryans of Lawton, Okla., Louann Carlstorm of Lawton, Okla., and Steve and Rhonda Wheeler of Weatherford, Okla.; cousins, Chevy, Blakely and Brittyn Ryans, Nikki and Sara Carlstorm, Korey and Tanner Wheeler, Adrian, Tara, Corbin, Zach, and Jayden Ramos; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were previously held on March 26, 2013, at First Assembly of God in Lawton, Oklahoma with the Reverend Jamie Austin, Pastor of Woodlake Assembly of God in Tulsa, Okla., officiating. Private family burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. Donations can be made in honor of Kody Russell Bressman to the Lawton Animal Shelter, 2104 SW 6th Street, Lawton, Oklahoma, 73501.