Isabella Ixim

Our dearest Staff Sergeant Isabella Azaria Ixim “Bella” passed away suddenly at the age of 27 on August 5th, 2024, at Fort Leonard Wood Military Base in Missouri.

Bella was born January 17th, 1997, in Livingston NJ to Frances Marie Trygar of New Jersey and Edin Leonel Ixim Putul of Guatemala.

After graduating from Easton Area High School in 2015, Bella joined the United States Army in 2016.  She trained in engineering, deploying 2 times to Jordan and Kuwait.  She served eight years ending as a Staff Sergeant.  All the while doing this, she continued a leadership role being a team leader for Walmart distribution center 7030.

She loved her military career, she adored her children and having big family gatherings.

She married James Chavez in 2019. Together they have two children. She is survived by her mother Frances Trygar, her husband James Chavez, son James Jr., and daughter Aaliyah.  Along with brothers and sisters- Russell Trygar, Dalilah Trygar, Victoria Ixim, Tristan De La Cruz, Alejandro Cruz, and Rio Trygar.  Nieces- Serenity, Athena, and Magnolia.

She is preceded in death by her father Edin Ixim, 4 grandparents- German and Delorus Ixim Putul and Robert and Elizabeth Wallace.

A visitation for family and friends will be held on Tuesday, August 20th from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at the Oravitz Home for Funerals Inc, 40 N. Jardin St, Shenandoah. Burial with full military honors will take place at 1:00 PM in the Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Pa.

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