Dawn Peek, 39, of Albany died Wednesday. She was born to Dan and Cora Anne (Zastrow) Whipple in Lebanon. She fought Type I Diabetes since she was 18 months old.

Dawn grew up in Blue River, but lived in Lebanon, Springfield, and Florence before moving to Albany. She was married to Scott Peek on June 26, 2004 in Albany.

She loved arts and crafts, drawing, sewing, and crocheting. She also enjoyed camping, fishing, and the outdoors. The loves of her life were her husband, her daughter, and her cats.

Dawn was survived by husband, Scott Dean Peek, and daughter, Elizabeth Anderson, of Eugene; father and step-mother, Dan and Barbara Whipple of Lebanon; mother, Cora Anne Shields, and husband, Lyle, of Athena; brother, David Ethan, of Ontario; grandmother, Nora Carr Hopper, of Lebanon; and numerous aunts and uncles.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.

A memorial service will be 1:00 pm Friday, March 9, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Lebanon. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Sweet Home Funeral Chapel, 1443 Long Street, to help defray service costs. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.