Nicole MoneySmith, wife, daughter, and puzzler, died Friday at the age of 25.
She died of a red vines overdose, while at home. Law & Order SVU was playing on Netflix when she was found.
Her last words were, "That's it; I'm dead." (
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She was survived by husband, Collin Smith, 28; father and mother, Alan and Sandra Money; three brothers, Alan II, David, and Joseph; cat, Sneek; and dog, Mickie.
Nicole was born in Provo, Utah on March 13, 1984, but grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. She attended and graduated from Desert Vista High School and was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
She was attending Mesa Community College, planning to major in English and minor in Art History. She loved museums, Jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, music, film, po-going and cats. She also loved traveling, and studied abroad in Ireland and the Czech Republic. She and her husband recently traveled to Mali, West Africa, and did assessments for a Non-Profit Organization in 7 villages in the Ouelessebougou region.
A favorite scripture and inspiration to her is from the New Testament:
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring."
Acts 17:28
Nicole's body will be donated to science, and there will be no headstone or grave, but there is a small plaque at the Arizona Historical Society Musem which reads, "Nicole E. MoneySmith, lover of clouds, french food, and city buses, died Friday, August, 21, 2009, but gives her heart to her best friend and husband, Collin Smith."