In Loving Memory of Tari Lynn Truax

TARI WAS BORN TO SANDY AND JERRY ON MARCH 22, 1959, IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. SHE GREW QUIICKLY AS A SKI RACER.

TARI BOUGHT HER FIRST HORSE, "LILI" AT THE AGE OF 8 YEARS OLD, THOSE SPORTS WERE HER LOVE.  SHE RODE COMPETITVELY BUT HER PASSION WAS TRAIL RIDING AND SWIMMING WITH LILY!  WHEN 8 YERS OLD, SHE RAN HER FIIRST SKI RACE AND WENT ON TO MAKE THE FIS QUALIFYING TRYOUTS FOR THE OLYMPICS BUT A SERIOUS ILLNESS FORCED HER TO WITHDRAW.

SHE WENT TO SULTAN SHOOLS UNTIL HER SENIOR YEAR WERE GRADUATED IN SEATTLE.  SEVERAL COLLEGES LATER SHE DECIDED TO GO TO AIRLINE SCHOOL, GRADUATED AND JOINED WEIN AIR LINES AND FINALLY SETTLED FOR A CAREER AT ALASKA AIR.

SHE MARRIED CRAIG LECKNESS JULY 1983, HAD THREE CHILDREN, TORY, CALIE AND CODY. TWO GRANDSONS: LIAM AND TJIEN MCINTIRE.  AFTER A DIVORCE SHE MOVED TO LOON LAKE WHERE HER PARENTS LIVED.  TARI'S FIRST SYMPTOM OF HUNTINGTONS DISEASE WAS EVIDENT, AGE 45.  SHE INHERITED A RARE GENE FROM HER FATHER AND IT WAS THE CAUSE OF HER DEATH ON MAY 22, 2025.

NO FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED.  GRAVESITE SERVICES FOR FAMILY ONLY WILL BE HELD IN CASCADE, MONTANA AT THE FAMILY PLOT.

TARI IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, SANDY TRUAX; HER SISTER JULI RILEY; HER THREE CHILDREN; HER TWO GRANDSONS AND A SPECIAL COUSIN, VALEE DIAS.

WE WISH TO THANK ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR THEIR LOVE SUPPORT AND HER SPECIAL CAREGIVER, ANASTASIA.