On April 8, 1993, the Lord blessed Jim and Laurie Unger with a beautiful baby girl, Manda Lynn Unger. Born at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, she entered this world with light and fire—qualities that would forever define our Mandi. Mandi passed away on February 18, 2026 at her home in Denver, Colorado.
Born just shy of two years after her brother Jamie, Mandi embraced her role as a sister with pride and devotion. Three years later, she was happily promoted to “big” sister to her brother Britt, a title and role she carried with love.
In childhood, Mandi could be described as many things: a gymnast, a cowgirl, a hunter, a girly girl with her perfect ponytail—but above all, she was a bubbly spirit of fire whose roar of laughter could be heard for miles…