Constance Virginia Trier, 1940 - 2020

Constance Virginia Trier, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 29, in Lake Stevens, Washington after a brief illness.

Connie was born on February 25, 1940, to Edward and Virginia (Henderson) Sprott. She grew up in San Fernando, California, graduating from San Fernando High in 1957. She had been dating Charles Canfield, Jr., the son of a teaching colleague of her mother's, and they married in 1957. Connie and Chuck lived briefly in Shell Beach, but they soon moved back to the San Fernando Valley. During some of this time, Connie worked for her father-in-law, a weight-loss doctor, at his office on Highland and Hollywood Blvd. Connie and Chuck divorced in 1964. 

Connie then began working for Bank of America, where she remained for many years. She married Gene Trier, a local electrician, in 1969, and they lived in Panorama City. In 1975, they moved to Snohomish County, Washington, which Connie happily called home for the rest of her life. During this time, Connie joined Alcoholics Anonymous, where she found the support she needed to stop drinking. She had a varied career that included being an alcoholism counselor, operating her own antique store, and being a real estate agent for American Properties and then Windermere. 

When she wasn't working, she was busy with multiple hobbies - cooking, canning, and crafts such as making Christmas stockings for all of her grandchildren. She was captured by the genealogy bug when it became popular on the web in the 1990s and began building a family tree that had 60,000 people in it at the time of her passing. She also enjoyed helping family and friends with their research. 

During the last decade of her life, Connie managed several apartment buildings, befriending many of the tenants. One of her favorite jobs was driving for Enterprise, where she enjoyed the camaraderie with other drivers and the friendly competition to see who could move the cars most quickly. Connie had strong liberal political views and enjoyed discussing them with people, and sparring over them on social media. She was a true people person who made lasting friends everywhere she went. She was proud of her daughters, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren, and regularly made the drive to California to attend high school graduations, weddings, and other family events. 

Connie was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Sharon (Sprott) Carter. She is survived by her daughters Cathy (Ray) Hernandez, Cris (Mike) Dawson, Cyndi D’Agostino, Stephanie (Larry) Greenbaum, and Cheryl (Mike) Ogle; 11 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and many friends from all stages of her life.