Donna-May Barrett Smith

TORRINGTON, WY . . . DONNA-MAY LUANA BARRETT SMITH, 15, died on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Community Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Two services will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at All Saints Episcopal Church with The Reverend Mary Jellison officiating. . The first formal service will be at 11:00a.m. and the second Student/Youthful Celebration of her life will be held at 4pm. Cremation has taken place. Contributions, in Donna’s memory, for a memorial to be determined at a later date, may be given to the family or the Colyer Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Donna was born on July 10, 1993 in Torrington, Wyoming the daughter of Michael and Lorna (Staunton) Smith. She was attending school at Torrington High School as a sophomore where she was active in Volleyball and Speech & Debate. In Middle School, Donna was awarded "Blazer of the Month" and she loved to dance. She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church where she was an Acolyte. Donna was an avid Barack Obama campaigner. Donna was a unique gift to her family and those who knew and loved her. Her striking blue eyes could beam compassion, dance with wit, or shoot ‘stink eye’ to anyone she deemed unkind. Beautiful inside and out, she never failed to capture attention with her captivating personality. Learning was an adventure into the far reaches of her mind, which searched for truth and balanced thought. Donna was passionate in her love of people and animals, justice and peace; and she possessed spiritual depths that gazed with wonder into the great unseen. Donna is a treasure of great price, forever glowing in the hearts of the lives she touched. She will be forever missed. She is survived by her parents, Mike and Lorna of Torrington; sister Jennifer Deines and her husband Daniel of Laramie, Wyoming; a brother Ricky Alan Ferreira of Hawaii and his daughter Zya Crawford of Atlanta, Georgia; a sister Monica Miura and her husband Adrian of Albuquerque, New Mexico; grandparents, Mary Ellen and Robert Kastner of Torrington; aunt and uncle, Su and Mac Mckiney of Torrington; uncle and aunt, Smitty and Pat Smith of Tampa, Florida and their son, Mark Smith also of Tampa; an uncle, Wigs Staunton of Hawaii; and a cousin, Franklin Barrett and his wife Norma of Redding, California. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Louis and Uia Staunton; paternal grandfather Gerald Smith; great grandparents, Frank and Mabel Barrett; one cousin, Cody McKiney, and her aunt, Donna May Luana Staunton.

Donna-May Barrett Smith

July 10, 1993 - November 5, 2008