stripes with plaid

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy. "

Visages

Visage - The front surface of the head, A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood, An outward appearance, the appearance conveyed by a person's face, The face or facial expression of a person; countenance.

My First Husband/BFF

Gary Allen Smith of Bainbridge Island, passed away on August 15, 2008 in Seattle, Washington.

He was born March 20,1964 in Anchorage, Alaska and spent most of his youth in Wadsworth, Ohio, graduating from high school in 1982. He relocated to thePacific Northwest in 1989 where he began his career with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSE) as a conductor, and was promoted two years later to Engineer. Gary is remembered for living life fully, with great gusto andunmatched humor. He loved riding his motorcycle with his "bro's" and his wife Morissa; traveling throughout the US and Europe to visit each and every one of his cousins, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews whenever he was nearby; being in the great outdoors camping and sitting in his "little woods";attending an eclectic mix of rock-n-roll concerts; jamming with friends in his basement band room; and his world famous bar-b-que pulled pork and pickled eggs. Gary is beloved by his large andloving family and will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife Morissa Knudsen-Smith, daughter Rachel Nichole Smith, and stepson Christopher Smith; his parents, Robert and Helen Smith; brothers Mark (Martha) Smith and David (Becky) Smith of Wadsworth Ohio; sister Susan (David) Martin of Nashville, Tennessee; and sister Kathy (Peter) Montion of Whitehouse, Ohio; 14 nieces and nephews; and numerous cousins, aunts, and uncles.

My Grandma

Edna Frances Garlitz Hiett October 17, 2007

Edna Frances Hiett, 84, of Great Falls, a retired special education teacher and Navy veteran, died of cancer Monday at a local nursing home. Her funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Croxford Funeral Home and Crematory, with burial in Highland Cemetery. She is survived by daughters Marie McIntyre of Walls, Miss., Alanna Hiett of Missoula and Alice Hile of Lakeside; sons William G. Hiett Jr. of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Earl L. Hiett II of Oregon, ......etc.

My Mom

WALLS, Miss. - Former Missoula resident Marie (Hiett) McIntyre, 61, a homemaker, died of cancer Tuesday at her home in Walls, Miss.Her memorial service is 3 p.m. Monday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven, Miss.

Mrs. McIntyre was born Feb. 14, 1947, in Missoula, Mont., to the late William and Edna Hiett.She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Dr. Craig R. McIntyre of Walls; one son, Christopher H. McIntyre and his wife Yukie of Tracy, Calif.; two daughters, Courtney E. McIntyre of Walls, and Kimberly H. McIntyre-Rathur and her husband Tariq of Atlanta; two brothers, William G. Hiett Jr. of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Earl L. Hiett of Sheridan, Ore.; two sisters, Alanna L. Hiett of Great Falls, Mont., and Alice L. Hile of Lakeside, Mont.; and six grandchildren, Liam, Cameron, Carter, Reese, Sophia and Scarlette.

Memorials can be made to http://www.smiletrain.org/. Condolences may be posted online at www.gftribune.com/obituaries.