Ines Dasilva

Ines Maria Marques Da Silva, 34 of Fort Collins, Colorado, died June 24th as a result of a motor vehicle accident in North Platte, Nebraska. A celebration of her life will be held Friday, July 1st, beginning at 5 pm at the Spring Canyon Community Park on Horsetooth Road at the shelters closest to Overland Trail. It will be a potluck, so please bring a dish to share. It is requested that you bring any memories to share as well. Also, bring pictures, poems, writings, thoughts and memories to add to a memorial poster board. Afterwards, a toast to Ines will be held at Michelle Moon's home @ 832 Roma Valley Dr., Ft. Collins. Ines was born and raised in Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated in 1999 from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisbon with a degree in Restoration and Conservation of Archeological Artifacts. Following graduation, Ines served an internship doing restoration for the U. S. International Committee for Monuments and Sites at Fort Union, New Mexico. She later worked for the National Park Service in Fort Laramie, Wyoming assessing and assisting with historical building conservation. In 2001, Ines settled in Fort Collins where she took a job in customer service with the Marriott Hotel. While working full time, she continued her education studying micro biology at Colorado State University, eventually earning a BS in Microbiology in 2008. Ines had been working as a research associate, running experiments and analyzing data for the Arthropod-borne and Infectious Disease Laboratory (AIDL) in the Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology and Pathology at the CSU Foothills Campus. Ines enjoyed hiking in the mountains and biking everywhere she could go. She especially liked long-distance biking. Water sports were a passion of hers, swimming and whitewater rafting especially. She loved the ocean as well. Ines also loved live local music and dancing, especially Latin, rockabilly and alternative country music. She was her own person, was strong willed and had a clear sense of right and wrong. She is survived by her parents, Jorge Oliveira Da Silva and Palmira Antunes da Graca Marques in Lisbon, Portugal; her sister, Ana Rita Marques Da Silva; a niece, Margarida; her two god-children, Esteven and Sophia Judson-Crespo; as well as the many close friends she has made over the years.