It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce that Stella, the therapy dog at The Gardens Funeral Home for the last nine years, passed away suddenly on Sunday, September 7, 2024.
Stella was probably the most photographed dog in Fallon. Since the day I brought her home from Oklahoma, people would pull out their phones to take a picture of Stella. She greeted everyone that came through the door. Some people were shocked to see a dog in the funeral home, but it only took a few seconds for almost everyone to stop and pay attention to her. Some of you will probably think it is strange to put an obituary for a dog in the newspaper, but Stella was no ordinary dog, as anyone who ever met her would tell you.
She was special, and she sensed the hurt that people were experiencing. Over the years, there were events that families expressed to me after the fact that Stella had pulled them through a rough time.
She loved the water; she would grab the hose right out of your hand, and she loved to grab the rake if you were raking leaves, a broom, or the vacuum cleaner, but she got older, as we all do, and I didn’t realize that her heart wasn’t what it should be. We retired on Friday and were going on our big traveling adventure when she went into cardiac arrest. Thank you, Peak Vet Clinic in Reno, for running out to our motor home and starting CPR on her, but she couldn’t come back.   Our hearts are broken. It was so hard to let her go.
I know she touched a lot of hearts, and I just wanted her people friends to know that she went to Rainbow Heaven. 
I know that CAPS is having a difficult time right now. If you can and want, please donate to them in memory of Stella.
Thank you all for loving Stella.
Lorretta and Ted Guazzini
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