Regina 'Gina' Kay Barnaby Alexander

ST. IGNATIUS — Regina "Gina" Kay Barnaby Alexander, 41, went to join the ancestors on Tuesday in Arlee.

Gina was born on July 19, 1963 to Tom and Sophie Barnaby. She was the seventh child in a family of six older sisters, one younger sister and one younger brother.

Regina was a member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. She was raised in St. Ignatius by her parents Sophie and Tom Barnaby. She attended primary school at the Villa Ursula Catholic School.

She married Tony Barnaby in 1984 and later divorced. She married Bill Weber in 1999 and later divorced. Gina married the love of her life Porky Alexander in 2000.

Regina loved to pick mushrooms, pine cones, huckleberries; bead; and put puzzles together. Visiting her friends and relatives, especially her ya-yas. She loved kids; she loved everyone. She was a happy go lucky person. She couldn't overcome the loss of Porky.

She is survived by her sisters Janine (Mike Assiniboine), Joe and Rhea Barnaby of St. Ignatius, Kathleen (John Hammer), Barbara and Buck Hammer, Debbie and Darrell Adams, Lydia and Ray Fisher, all of Ronan, and Yvonne Barnaby of Stevensville.

She was a special ya-ya to Trelan and Joe Joe. She never had any children of her own, so she loved and cared for all her nieces, nephews and their children as if they were her own.

Mass was celebrated April 23 in the St. Ignatius Catholic Mission. Burial was in the St. Ignatius Catholic Cemetery.