Tiffany Talina Saye-Long

Published 12:38 am Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Tiffany won the hearts of many during her battle with cancer and showed great determination and courage before passing peacefully on November 8th, 2014 with her family by her side. She was born in Eugene, OR on January 24th, 1988. Her and her family moved to Bend when she was 18 months old and she attended Amity Creek elementary school, Sky View middle school and Graduated from Mountain View High School in 2006. She excelled in Soccer and Basketball playing Soccer at Bristol College in Fall River, MA. She loved to travel and was able to go to Hawaii and Disney Land this year before her illness forced her to stay home. She was also a lifelong fan of the Oregon Ducks.

She found the love of her life, Dryden Long in 2008 and was married in Lake Tahoe on August 14, 2012. They settled in Vancouver, WA with their Beagle Emmy where she was attending Clark College working towards a degree in Special Education. She worked for the Evergreen School district with emotionally and physically challenged students.

Tiffany is survived by her husband Dryden Long. Her parents Gordon and Mindy Saye of Bend, brother BJ Saye of Bend. Her father and mother in-law David and Holly Long of Vancouver, WA. Sister in-law Madelynn Long of Gulfport, MS and brother in-law Spencer Long of Vancouver, WA. She was blessed with a very large extended family of loving aunts and uncles and cousins. We are very thankful for the tremendous outpouring of support given to Tiffany and her family by friends, family and even complete strangers during this ordeal. Whether it was in person and through the efforts of www.tiffanyproject.org, every random act of kindness brought a smile to her face. We would also like to thank Community Hospice of Vancouver for the loving care they provided which allowed her to live her final months at home in peace.