Marla Janette Amaya Born in Orange County, CA on November 10, 1969 Went to heaven on November 27, 2011 in Riverside CA. Marla Amaya passed away Sunday November 27, 2011 in Riverside after losing her three year battle with stage four cancer surrounded by her family and friends. Marla loved camping and hiking and being surrounded by all of nature and God creations she found beauty in all things big and small and loved to meet new people and made friends very easily. She loved music and art and was a member of the Magnolia H.S. Marching Centennials Marching Band and even marched in the Tournament of roses parade. Marla was a caring and loving mother, grandmother and wife she loved her friends and colleges very much. She was kind to everyone she met and was loved by all that knew her. She is greatly missed by all and is survived by her children Bryan, Joseph and Amanda Gomez, Ashley, Polo, Angelique, Alicia and Christina her Grandson Jonathan and her Husband Leopoldo and all the hundredes of friends she has who's lives she so profoundly touched.