Marie-José Henrietta Massardier Tinkes passed away on May 5th, 2024 at the age of 92.
She was born on October 24, 1931, in La Porte, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to her father Daniel Massardier and mother Rose Mathilde Galopin. She was the third of four children. Marie-José spent her younger years working at the family Carnival where she met her husband Curtis Lee Roy Tinkes on his first Tour of Duty to France for the United Sates Air Force. Together they had four children, Phillip A. Tinkes, Roland P. Tinkes, Patricia A. Tinkes-Carmona, and Dolores A. Tinkes. Marie-José (Josie to her friends in the states) was a free spirit, who loved beautiful music, the perfect crisp beer, and most of all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She will be remembered, loved, and missed by her surviving family.