Shannon LaRae Vaughn

Shannon LaRae Vaughn (Haeder mn) age 52, of Priest River, Idaho, born June 17, 1973 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, WA, was the first child of Sheryl Ann Lutz (Miller mn) and Kenneth Bruce Haeder, passed very peacefully into the arms of Jesus on the late evening of December 4, 2025 in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho at the Schneidmiller Hospice, after an incredibly courageous 16 month battle with pancreatic cancer, she passed peacefully surrounded by her Husband, Son, Pastor and his Wife.

In her early years she spent precious time with Grandparents at Fall Creek in Naples, Idaho and the family Wheat Farm in Pullman, Washington which shaped her upbringing and instill a deep love of the inland Northwest. As a child her family spent time in central Washington and in the greater Seattle area, but between summers, holidays and vacations she always found herself returning to North Idaho.

Shannon put God first in every aspect of her life, being baptized by her Father on May 16, 1990 at the Federal Way church of Christ. Shannon & Kevin met at the Youth/College Group at church and eventually married on July 31, 1998 and faithfully attended at the Enumclaw Community Church, in Enumclaw, Washington. Kevin & Shannon began their married life in Buckley, Washington where they purchased their first home. It was these years Shannon completed beauty school to become a cosmetologist starting her career in a small salon in downtown Enumclaw.

Residing in Buckley for 17 years Shannon & Kevin hosted numerous family events, opened their home to friends, and brought home their two children Coleman & Sierra. The kids competed in community sports, were home schooled and joined the Band and Drama classes at Enumclaw Middle School.

In August 2015 they seized an opportunity to finally relocate to Priest River, Idaho where Shannon lived until her passing. Shannon & Kevin loved the great outdoors, made obvious by a life filled with Camping, Hunting, Huckleberry Picking and any opportunity to enjoy God's creation on their 8 acres. They enjoyed many business trips and vacations to places all across the country with times spent in Bahamas. Aruba and every Hawaiian Island, were certainly among some of Shannon's favorite memories. If it had white sand, palm trees and sunshine she was in her happy place. She enjoyed a 2024 trip to Alaska to see her daughter Victoria, her husband Andrew, and grandsons Tysen and Abraham.

Shannon had many hobbies she was passionate about, most she did all at the same time. Scrap booking, ancestry, card making, crafting, sign making, cross stitching, sewing, cooking, organizing, administrating, accounting, care giving, gardening, exploring and she was an entrepreneur of over a dozen businesses. She loved family game nights. She started a woman’s traveling scrap booking group called the Betty’s, her nickname was Organizer Betty.

In Shannon's final years she found renewed purpose with the Marriage of son Coleman and wife Destiny. The birth of daughter Sierra’s, her granddaughter Madelynn, the care only a Noni can provide. Her family, and faith were the centerpiece and most treasured parts of her life and sustained her throughout her lengthy illness. Throughout Shannon's life she was always the caretaker, and being cared for in her final year was maybe the most difficult part of her journey.

Shannon was a loving caregiver to so many in her all-too-brief life and the care she gave came from an abiding love and example of Jesus. Shannon lived a life marked by her love, her conviction, and her contentment for all that was dear to her. She will be missed in the ways she cared and loved so many, and the hole left cannot be measured by those who were blessed to receive her gentle and caring presence. She was a serious person, but her smile and laughter filled a room, lightened dark places, and will forever live on in those she loved so much. You always knew where Shannon stood on a topic, and she was as unrelenting on her opinions as she was on the love for those she held close to her heart. Her conviction marked who she was. She would never relent even if she was wrong, but she likewise would never give up on those whom she loved. While her nature could seem stubborn to those who didn't know her, it was her inability to "give-up" that made her grace for everyone around her so powerful.

Shannon is survived by her Husband, Kevin Elliott Vaughn of Priest River, Idaho, Daughter Victoria Michelle Hudson (Vaughn mn) & Son-in-Law Andrew Hudson of Palmer, Alaska, Son Coleman Matthew Vaughn & Daughter-in-Law Destiny Vaughn (Mathis mn) of Hayden, Idaho, Daughter Sierra Janelle Vaughn & future Son-in-Law Jason Foster of Rathdrum, Idaho, Father Kenneth Bruce Haeder of Bonney Lake, Washington, Mother Sheryl Ann Lutz (Miller mn) & Step-Father Larry Lutz of Tacna, Arizona, Sister Sheree Lynette Haeder of Puyallup, Washington, Brother Paul Daniel Haeder & Sister-in-Law Andrea Haeder (Lanphere mn) of Kalispell, Montana, Granddaughter Madelynn Raine Lindsey, Grandson Tysen Hudson-Kruse & Abraham Hudson of Palmer, Alaska. Shannon is also survived by Grandmother Loretta Mary Miller (Williams mn) of Priest River, Idaho, and Grandmother Neona Delilah Dobbins (Leinweber mn) of Bonney Lake, Washington as well as infinite Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Nephews and Nieces.

There will be a celebration of life for Shannon May 2, 2026 in Sandpoint, Idaho.