Mary Cossairt
April 26, 2022
mmspilva@yahoo.com
A message for our classmates:
Our wonderful friend and classmate, Mary Cossairt Spilva, passed away on April 26, 2022. Mary was a beautiful soul, who lived a wonderful life with her husband Mike, two daughters, Heather and Jodi, two wonderful sons-in law, her four grandchildren and many friends.
As you know, Mary was paramount in helping to organize and present our MHS class reunions. At our 40th class reunion, Marilyn and Pat were visiting with Bonnie and Mary. When Bonnie and Mary heard Marilyn and Pat were planning a trip to Vegas, they asked to join them. That reunion rekindled the high school friendship of Bonnie, Mary, Marilyn and Pat. We realized, in Las Vegas, that we were just as crazy as we were in high school, just a" bit" older. A year later Linda joined us in our adventures. Each year, since 2004, the "fun five" could be found (mainly) on the beaches of Oregon and Washington, sometimes in the mountains or the city or small town. It did not matter where we were, the laughter, love and silliness lasted for days! All this joy because we five attended Moscow High School and attended our reunion! We realized we were the same fun friends at 60 that we were at 16! We will miss Mary very much; she brought much joy to our lives.
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Bonnie Nelson Aplington, Marilyn Haley Shea. Pat Gayman Bates, Linda Daily Mix
Pat wanted us all to see how, as a member of the "Fab 5" (Mary, Pat, Marilyn, Linda and Bonnie) they enjoyed their times together... CLICK HERE.
The last five years have definitely changed my life. I still live in Sweet Home, Oregon. My husband of 45 years, Mike, passed away the day before our 50th class reunion. My special thanks to Pat Gayman, Linda mix, Bonnie Nelson, and Marilyn Shea for their awesome work on the reunion. It was wonderful, they had done so much work and had to pick up my jobs as well.
I have a lovely home with wonderful Neighbors, my daughters are near by. Heather and Danny are in Albany, Oregon. My three adult grandsons are amazing young men. Jodi, Justin and Addie have recently purchased acreage near Seaside Oregon. Needless to say I love to go for visits.
It is still hard to be considered a widow, that kind of sticks in your throat. Not where I had planned to be at this age. It is not easy trying to take care of a house, yard and all that goes with running and keeping up a home.
On the positive side I am so blessed to have what I have. I've learned if I can't do it by myself ask for help. Amazing how simple that sounds but can be awfully hard to do.
I wish you all a Happy 55 th and many more.
Spouse: Mike
Kids: 2 daughters, 6 grandchildren
Mike and I were fortunate to be able to retire from WSU early and become snow birds. We love our life in Arizona but always look forward to coming home to Moscow to see family and friends.
Hello to all and a Happy New Year this 2004!!!! We are
currently spending the winter in sunny Yuma, Az. We just love it here. We
have family and lots of friends so we keep really busy. It is such a different
life here; hard to explain, wakeing up to sunshine every morning does have its
advantages. Mike enjoys golf and I love shopping and craft classes.
