Stacia Ann (Stacy) Fallis, 55, of Shelbyville, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2024, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
That is how she died, this is how she lived…
To love another person is to see the face of God- Victor Hugo
Born in Indianapolis on June 9, 1969, she was raised in a loving home with her parents, Troy L. and Anne E. (Flaitz) Clapp. She grew up along the banks of the Little Blue River where her sisters, Jana Favors (David) and Michelle Smith (Scott) would help her learn the proper way of being a kid by fishing, swimming, and getting really wet in the river. To Stacy, family was everything!
Stacy went through school gaining life-long friends along the way. With her caring heart, she always wanted to go into nursing as a profession. She took classes at Shelbyville High School that led her down that path. Upon graduating in 1988, she took a job at the Haven Center (now Especially Kidz) as a CNA. She later took classes at Ivy Tech Community College to earn her QMA license. She always worked two jobs. When she wasn’t working full time for E Kidz or for the Blue River Special Education Cooperative, she was working at Morristown Manor two weekends a month.
A month after graduation, she met her husband Thomas A. (Tom) Fallis at a softball game. The next night they went to a movie (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) and the rest is history. Their marriage blessed them with a daughter, Whitley D. Fallis of Shelbyville. Whitley has entered the “Family Business” by becoming a Registered Nurse. Stacy instilled in Whitley the same care and compassion for patients that she had.
In 2008 Stacy’s health started to decline. For 8 years she survived on IV nutrition and determination. On March 10, 2016, their 26th Wedding Anniversary, she received the gift of life in an organ transplant. Her Angel-donor gifted 4 organs so she could live. Live she did. She never took for granted the loving gesture of the family of the donor. She did everything she could to stay healthy and did for 8 and a half bonus years.
She was Aunt Stacy to Megan, Brycen, Landon, and Gracie. Although not by blood, you couldn’t tell it by the immense love that she had for them.
She loved her fur-babies, Hunter and Cole, as well. She always said that they were the best medicine that she could take.
Stacy never joined organizations or clubs, but she enjoyed being in touch by text or phone, because it was difficult to get out and about especially in the last three years. Leann, Patti, Cathy, and Diane kept her going and laughing.
She loved everything Disney, especially the Nightmare Before Christmas. She identified with the character, Sally. She would often say, “Sally is like me…we both have scars”. Sally may not be considered a Disney Princess, but to Tom, Stacy was his Princess. Stacy collected Disney figurines, she has exactly 39. She would get one for each time that she had a hospital stay starting back in 2008 until now.
She was very close to her father-in-law, Kenneth Fallis (Marilyn). He would make the trip to the hospital daily to just be there in case she needed something; not just during the transplant stay, but every stay until COVID prevented it. Her other in-laws include James D Fallis (Sylinda) of Rushville, Pam, Doug and, Jeff Schneeman of Indianapolis. She is also survived by Aunts, Uncles, and cousins that she held dear.
Stacy was predeceased by her parents, mother-in-law, Elizabeth “Liz” Fallis: brother, Troy L. Clapp II: and nephew, Ethan Clapp.
If you loved Stacy, you definitely saw the face of God!
Friends may call from 4 to 8pm, Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, Carmony- Ewing Chapel, 819 S. Harrison St. in Shelbyville. Come casual, Stacy would want it that way. PJs are acceptable as well.
Funeral Services will be at 10 am, Thursday, September 12, 2024, at the funeral home.
Interment will be at Second Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Johnson County.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Indiana Donor Network, 3750 Guion Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46222. If you can’t make a monetary gift, become an organ donor and save someone like Stacy.
Online condolences may be shared with Stacy’s family at www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com
