- Date Of Birth: October 18, 1957
- Date Of Death: January 14, 2012
- State: Colorado
Joanie was born in Denver, Colorado, to Helen and Raymond Smith on October 18, 1957 and died peacefully at her home in Englewood on January 14, 2012, with her family by her side. She is survived by her husband, Gary, her son Tyler and his fiancé Charmagne and seven siblings; Joe Smith (Linda) Kiowa, CO, Jan Bullock, Centennial, John Smith (Judy) Cochran, GA, Joyce (Nelse) Hendricks, Littleton, Jerry, Centennial, Jim (Holly) Littleton, and Jeanine (Woody) Underwood, Greenwood Village and many loving nieces, nephews. She is preceeded in death by her parents.
Joanie grew up in Littleton, Colorado, attending St. Mary’s and Littleton Public Schools. She graduated from Heritage High School in 1975. Although Joanie had several different jobs, she worked at Comet Press in Littleton for 26 years.
Joanie’s first love was always her family. She loved her husband and son above all else. She was a devoted mother and wife and took great joy in all of her son, Tyler’s activities. One of her biggest joys in life was music; she and Gary went to as many concerts and music festival as they could. Joanie loved all music but her favorite musician was Bob Marley. As he got older, Tyler shared his mother’s love for music and he and his friends spent many hours at their house listening to music with Joanie.
She was very involved in her extended family and enjoyed being a part of all of the different family occasions.
Joanie and Gary loved cooking and had a very well stocked kitchen. When Gary and Joanie cooked you a meal – it was gourmet. They loved to try out new recipes that they found in magazines.
She loved animals – from the very beginning of their marriage they had at least one pet all the time. Her current pets are Roscoe her bloodhound and Petey her Bassett hound.
