Marie Briski

She was born in Seattle and lived here her entire life. She attended and graduated from Lincoln High School. Her first job was as a receptionist in a Doctors' office. She also tried her hand at selling Tupperware(and still owns a ton of it!). She was very successful and earned a car from them. Her biggest success was in the transportation industry. She was a very successful sales representative and enjoyed her work at several different companies. Fed Ex being where she retired from.

Marie had many interests and talents. She enjoyed fly fishing with John on the Deschuetes River many times a year. She loved to travel, especially to Alaska, where she could incorporate fishing into the vacation. She has always had a passion for music and enjoyed playing the organ and more recently had taken up karaoke where she was nicknamed "tweety bird".

She was engaged for 27 years to John Fallon who passed away in 2014. Marie is survived by her daughter Melinda Gale (David), son Richard Martine, brothers Patrick Conlan (Sandy), Glenn Conlan (Fran), sister-in-law Nancy Spigal, grandchildren Andrew, Micheal, Ryan, Nathan and Joshua. As well as Nieces Stacey and Samantha Conlan, Rachel Shipley (Curtis) and Anna Tarnoff (Adam). She is preceeded in death by her parents William J. and Phyllis Conlan, her Fiance John Fallon and his mother Josephine Fallon.