By late afternoon, Jill Ryan was hushing her sobs as she remembered 22-year-old Rebecca Ryan as a bright young woman who constantly helped others but ultimately couldn’t help herself.

Genetta Browning Coleman

CALEDONIA — Jill Ryan learned early Saturday afternoon that her daughter, missing four days, had been found dead that morning in a Caledonia quarry.

By late afternoon, Jill Ryan was hushing her sobs as she remembered 22-year-old Rebecca Ryan as a bright young woman who constantly helped others but ultimately couldn’t help herself.

“The things I will always miss are her wanting to make everybody laugh and smile. She would talk to them and give them positives when they were down,” Jill Ryan said. “She was a bright young girl but she was struggling with some things that were going on in her head that most of us can’t imagine.”
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