My mother in law, Mary Courtney, passed away Saturday, the 16th. Surrounded by her children. I have always been so thankful to have been welcomed into the Courtney family, and by her.

Walking into the Courtney home you could see it filled with a reflection of Mary’s passions and loves. The numerous houseplants showed her love of nature, evidence of her deep seated love of animals was dog hair that inevitably got on your clothes.

Her home was filled with artwork as well, pastels and drawings of nature and animals, but the most striking of course was her stained glass. Leaded glass lamps, stained glass windows, art glass panels framing a doorway, and of course her recent work of colored glass mosaics.

But what she gave the most space to in her house was her most favorite creation, her family. Pictures of her children and grandchildren at every moment of their lives. School photos, baby pictures, diving and gymnastics meets. Pictures from vacations and trips, weddings and births. You can see she was a person who cherished her family and these various moments in time captured along the way.