Zachary James Owenby

1978 - 2018

Zachary Owenby, 39 years old, passed away suddenly on January 14, 2018 in Sydney Australia. Zach was born on February 1, 1978 in Everett, Washington to Marc and Oneita Owenby. He grew up and lived in Everett his entire childhood and graduated from Everett High School in 1996. Zach went on to attend Seattle Pacific University from 1996-1998. He worked for the Everett School District as one of their computer and IT technicians while living in Seattle and Lynnwood, WA, but decided to make a bold move to Phoenix in December of 1999. Zach worked for the University of Phoenix full time and earned his Batchelor of Science in Information Technology in 2009. Zach lived and worked in Phoenix for 17 years and loved Arizona. He had a way of making wherever he lived his home. Zachary always had a love for traveling and landed a IT consulting position with Cedar Crestone in Phoenix as their senior consultant. His love for flying, travel and technology was the perfect blend within his consulting career. Zach began flying weekly for work and made many trips around the world--many just for fun! His passport was always full and he was always planning his next adventure. Finally, in June of 2017, Zach made a life and career move to Sydney, Australia working for "Presence of IT". Zach's dream for many years was to live in Australia and what better place for him to spend his last days. Zach was a loving and loyal person who had friends and colleagues literally all over the world! He will forever be remembered and loved by his friends and family. Family was always so important to him even though his life would be full of travels, as he loved being home for the holidays. Zach is preceded in death by his mother, Oneita and is survived by his sister, Megan Bjazevich, brother-in law, Jason, his niece, Madison and nephew, Aiden, and lastly his father, Marc. Extended family was always close to him, leaving his maternal grandfather, Ernie Guthrie, aunt Linda and uncle Bob Martin, aunt D'Lynn and uncle Aaron Davis, uncles, Jay and Jim Guthrie plus all their children and Eastern Washington cousins, other family members and friends. "A memorial service, AKA celebration of life, will be held on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Everett's First Baptist Church, 1616 Pacific Ave."