IN LOVING MEMORY OF

TINA MARIE (PETERSON) SMITH

TINA SMITH, AGE 52, PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 4, IN COLVILLE, WASHINGTON. TINA WAS BORN TO WILLIAM (DUSTY) AND BETTY (SPARBY) PETERSON ON FEBRUARY 24, 1971, IN CANDO, NORTH DAKOTA. THEY LATER DIVORCED AND THEN TINA MOVED TO MONTANA.

TINA ATTENDED BIG SKY HIGH SCHOOL IN MISSOULA, MONTANA GRADUATING IN 1989. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, TINA ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORP. SHE SELFLESSLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND SERVED FOR 4 YEARS, REPRESENTING MONTANA IN DESERT STORM. TINA WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.  DURING THIS PERIOD OF HER LIFE, SHE LOVINGLY EARNED THE NICKNAME 'MONTANA'. SHE DID GO BACK TO MONTANA FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE CORP.

TINA THEN MOVED TO WASHINGTON. WHILE THERE, SHE MET NATHAN SMITH AND THEY LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM FOR AWHILE. TINA AND NATHAN THEN MOVED TO CHEWELAH TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY. THEY WERE BLESSED WITH TWO BOYS, COTY AND NATHAN JR.

TINA HAD A NATURAL BORN GIFT OF SERVING AND CARING FOR OTHERS. SHE BECAME A CAREGIVER OF OTHERS, UNTIL HER HEALTH FORCED HER TO RETIRE. TINA WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP CARE FOR OTHERS, NO MATTER THE ISSUE, SHE WAS THERE READY TO HELP.

TINA ENJOYED MANY THINGS IN HER SHORT LIFE. SHE LOVED BEING WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS MOST OF ALL. SHE HAD A LOVE OF ALL KINDS OF MUSIC, IT JUST DEPENDED ON WHAT HER MOOD WAS ON WHAT SHE WOULD ENJOY THAT DAY. SHE LOVED ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY HER DOG KATO. SHE ENJOYED TAKING KATO ON LITTLE TRIPS TO THE RIVER WHEN HER BODY WOULD ALLOW HER TO DO SO.  SHE ALSO ENJOYED MANY TRIPS WITH HER BEST FRIEND, JILL AND SISTER, JEN. IF THINGS WORKED OUT, ALL 3 GOT TO DO SOME TRAVELING TOGETHER. SHE ALSO ENJOYED ALL THE TIMES SHE SPENT SPECIFICALLY WITH HER BOYS, AS THEY WERE HER BIGGEST BLESSING.

PRECEDING TINA IN DEATH WERE HER MOTHER, BETTY SMITH, HER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, PETE AND MABEL SPARBY AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, ERIC AND MARJORIE PETERSON HER BEST FRIEND JILL MOSBY AND HER DOG TRAPPER.

THOSE LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE HER HUSBAND NATHAN SMITH OF KETTLE FALLS, WA, SONS COTY (SAVANNAH) CLARK OF CHEWELAH, WA, NATHAN SMITH JR. OF SPOKANE, WA, HER FATHER WILLIAM (DUSTY) PETERSON OF TURTLE LAKE, ND, SISTERS JEN (CHRIS) GROTHE OF SCHALLER, IA, SARA (JOHN) BREWSTER OF MERCER, ND AND BROTHER JEFF SMITH OF MISSOULA, MT. NIECES MELINDA EHRP OF FT. COLLINS, CO, JORDAN GROTHE OF VERMILLION, SD, KADY AND VIOLET BREWSTER OF MERCER, ND AND NEPHEW AUSTIN EHRP OF SERGEANT BLUFF, IA, ALONG WITH MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

A CELEBRATION. OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.