Obituary

Spyksma, Chad, Mrs. (Tracey Lynn Topping)

Tracey Lynn Spyksma, 50, of Plainview passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2017 at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Plainview. Arrangements are under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview.

Tracey was born on April 4, 1966, in La Mirada, CA. She was the first of three children born to Errol & Pat Topping. She spent her childhood running around the neighborhood with her siblings Brent & Kelly, along with their friends, and spent many nights in Mr. & Mrs. Harrison's backyard that was always lit up like Christmas with flood lights. She grew up with a love for horses.

Tracey leaves behind her only biological daughter, Brittany Lynn, and was also a loving mother of three other step children.

In 1994 she met her husband Chad, who she would spend the next 23 years with building a beautiful family and life together. She was the center and glue who brought her whole family together. The host of every holiday gathering, fantastic cook, calm and centered sound board when you needed advice, positive outlook on life, and was able to find the good in everyone that came into her life. She always made people feel loved and welcome.

She and Chad moved from San Jacinto, CA, to Plainview, TX, in December of 2010. She was a proud homemaker to her dairy farming husband. She always attended to any and all of her family's needs and desires, and always put them before her own. She was thoughtful and selfless in all aspects of life.

She loved decorating her home, gardening, cooking for friends and family, being her father's caretaker, traveling the world, watching Judge Judy, taking care of her dogs Buddy & Ivy, caring for her friends new and old. And last, but certainly not least, the love of her life & her children: Chad, Brittany, Chrystal, Brittany & Johnny.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Dorthy and Gordon Reinbolt; paternal grandparents, Sarah and Herbert Topping; great aunt and uncle, Charles and Loretta Pirtle; and her father-in-law, John Allen Spyksma.

Survivors include her husband, Chad Spyksma of Plainview; daughter, Brittany Aberle of Lubbock; two step-daughters, Chystal Spyksma of Lubbock; Brittany Howard of Los Angeles, California; step-son, John Spyksma of Dimmitt, Texas; mother, Pat Topping of Paris, Texas; father, Errol Topping of Plainview; sister, Kelly Topping of Paris, Texas; and brother, Brent Topping of Earth, Texas.

The family suggests memorials to: http://casateresa.org/