Carolyn (Doney) Smith, 47

Carolyn (Doney) Smith passed away on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at the age of 47, in Whitefish, due to a blood clot in her lungs. She was born June 5, 1963, in Missoula to Roger and Helene (Loy) Doney of Whitefish. Carolyn graduated from Great Falls High School in 1981. She was a basketball standout and played on the GFHS State Championship Team for three years. She received a full ride basketball scholarship to University of Alaska in Anchorage. She married her college sweetheart, Barry Smith, on July 7, 1990, in Penticton, British Columbia. They moved to Munich, Germany, where Barry played pro hockey, then on to coaching teams in Erie, Pa., where Maxl and Gage were born; Waterloo, Iowa; Kansas City, Kan.; Baton Rouge, La.; Syracuse, N.Y., where Hutton was born; then to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They settled in Whitefish in 2004, while Barry commuted to his coaching responsibilities with the Vancouver Canucks and the Kamloops Blazers. Carolyn was very active in their church, the community, and with youth hockey and youth baseball. Carolyn is survived by her devoted husband, Barry; her three sons; Maxl, Gage and Hutton; her parents, Roger and Helene Doney, of Whitefish; her brothers, John and Maggie Doney of Helena, and Mike and Jennifer Doney of Seattle; and her sister, Lauryn, and Andrew Rice, of San Diego. Barry s immediate family includes his parents, Robert and Dolores Smith, of Roseburg, Ore.; siblings, Cindy and Darrell Dorrell of Portland, Kevin and Kim Smith of Kansas City, Wendy Smith of Brazil, and Perry Cindy Smith of Chicago. Carolyn was able to donate life to others by being an organ and tissue donor. Memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 6, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Whitefish.