Allayna Davia Thomas

Allayna Davia Thomas, 19, of Bismarck, passed away July 21, 2025.

A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, July 28, 2025 at Evangel, Bismarck, ND with Rev. Isaac Sevlie officiating. Burial will be at Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, ND.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Bismarck Funeral Home, with a Prayer Service and a Time of Sharing from 7:00 - 8:00 PM.

When Allayna was very little she always begged for a little sister until her cousin Taya got a few years old and became that annoying little sister to her and then she said she didn’t want one. Allayna and Taya were raised like sisters and not cousins, as they have gotten older, they have become best friends and spent so much time together, recently sharing the love of playing animal crossing together.

Her childhood best friend was Abby; they were inseparable for many years. They shared many passions together, collecting American Girl Dolls and were little entrepreneurs making loom bands and selling them at the end of the driveway. Together they joined dance, basketball, and volleyball. Allayna loved playing volleyball the most and played through middle school.

Going into Freshman year of high school Allayna had started going to Evangel Youth and then went to a bible camp in Devils Lake and ever since then God and volunteering at Church became her passion. She spent countless hours volunteering at Evangel and every church she went to along her travels. She worked mostly with the youth and loved children.

Allayna had a passion for being a barista, with her first job being at Gloria Jeans, then working at Joy House Coffee, and having worked at the coffee shop at New Life church and briefly Starbucks. She had hopes of having her own coffee shop one day.

She got her CNA license her junior year of high school and began working at the Baptist home. She loved all the people in her care and thought they were so cute. She had an old soul herself. Her style was very vintage and antique.

Allayna loved to travel and wanted to do as many missions as possible. She had done a reach trips to Chicago and the Dominican Republic. She loved both places.

Through the years Allayna had many hobbies, she played the violin during middle school. She tried to learn the guitar but then switched and taught herself how to play the ukulele. She learned how to crochet a few years ago and was recently into collecting CDs and records. She loved skiing and sledding but they didn’t love her back. She loved volunteering at local animal shelters and loved her two dogs Ravioli “Oli” and Daisy.

Her best friends throughout high school and after were Laci and Avery, they were there for her through all her recent adventures and traveled with her to multiple destinations. Allayna has always been a ray of sunshine and had too many friends to mention but she loved every one of them and would do anything she could for any one of them.

Allayna was fearless and independent. She graduated high school early in 2024 and went right into doing an internship at the Chicago City Life Center and worked at Thrd Coffee for 4 months. Allayna was attending Global University in hopes of being a pastor one day. She came back to Bismarck for about 6 months working at Missouri Slope and then worked as a traveling CNA in Ocean Shores, WA for 6 months. She lived right on the Ocean and loved waking up and going to the beach every day. She returned to back to Bismarck this May, started working at the Baptist Home again, and was planning her next adventure and had talks of moving to Arizona.

Allayna is survived by her mom, Kristina Thomas; dads, Jason Thomas and Aaron Schaff; siblings, Colten Deschene and Evan (Sarah) Jahner; grandmother, Fran Thomas, grandfather, David Thomas, grandmother, Mary Halverson and grandfather, Eugene Halverson; great grandfather, Howard (Adriane) Feaselman, great grandmother, Magdalena Halverson, great grandmother, Elanor Wagner; nephew, Kai Jahner; uncles, Brian Thomas, Alden & Adaer (Taundra) Halverson; aunts, Allyce & Audrey Halverson; numerous great aunts and uncles; cousins: Taya & Hailley Thomas, Aden, Natalie, & Brook Jr. Rangeloff, and Adriana, Haisley, Dawsyn, & Claire Halverson.

She is preceded in death grandparents, Tina and David Perry Sr., great grandparents, Raymond Halverson, David and Ruby Perry, Pauline Enyart, Lillian Thomas, Adam Schaff; and uncle, David Perry Jr.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Furry Friends Rockin’ Rescue, All Nations Assembly of God (Bismarck), or Shores Fellowship Church (Ocean Shores, WA)