Portlander Wendy Conway, 25, spent weeks planning a memorial service for her little sister.

Maggie Conway was struck and killed Oct. 13 as she bicycled home from work in Anaheim, Calif. The bubbly Northern Arizona University junior, known to family and friends as "Maggie May," was interning at Disneyland. She turned 21 less than two weeks before she died.

Wendy Conway urged family members to wait before holding a memorial. They needed time to mourn, she said, and to ensure that when they did have a service, it would be like Maggie: full of life.

They decided Saturday would be the day. Family and friends from California and Washington would drive to Wendy Conway's house in Oregon. Her mother, grandparents and uncle would fly up from Arizona.

The sisters' mother carefully packed family photos and Maggie's clothes in her suitcase, along with some of Maggie's ashes, which they planned to use in memorial tattoos. She flew into Portland Thursday and took a cab to Da' Hui, a restaurant and bar

where Conway works.

After Conway's shift ended about 6:30 p.m., the two walked to her truck, parked at a nearby Plaid Pantry. When Conway went to unlock the passenger door, she noticed the window was shattered. The red suitcase was gone.

"I spent about 30, 45 minutes searching alleyways, Dumpsters, trash cans, backyards; peeking over fences," Conway said.

She rallied friends and bar regulars, who helped scour the neighborhood. They asked people in the area if they had seen anything. No one had.

Her family is devastated at the loss. The photos. The ashes. Maggie's favorite flannel shirt her mother wore because it smelled like her daughter.

"It's everything," Conway said.

However, the memorial will go on as planned, Conway said. She will wear a pink tutu and play Disney movies, which her sister loved. Her family will share stories and reminisce about their Maggie May.

"You can steal my possessions but not my memories," Conway said. "The service is a celebration for my sister's life, so I'm going to do exactly what I intended on doing."

That includes the tattoos. Maggie had fish scale tattoos, and Conway, another sister and their mother planned to mix her ashes with ink and get the same design.

They will keep their appointments Sunday -- some of Maggie's ashes were left in Arizona and will be added to the ink later.

They're still hoping the items will turn up. If anyone finds the suitcase, Conway said, they can bring it to Da' Hui.

"It's my little sister," she said. "That bag meant the world to me."

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