Friends said it will be difficult to forget Lorraine LaFountain's contagious smile, kindness and thoughtfulness.

LaFountain, a junior at Penn State, died Wednesday from injuries received in a one-car accident on her way home to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for Thanksgiving break.

Lorraine LaFountain, 20, was riding home with her sister, 19-year-old Jhackleen LaFountain, along Interstate 84 in Palmyra Township when witnesses told police the car spun out of control, hit the center median and flipped on its roof.

Lorraine LaFountain, the passenger, was removed from the car and died the next day in Scranton Community Medical Center.

Jhackleen LaFountain was hospitalized, but will fully recover.

LaFountain's family -- her father, Mark Smith, her mother, Catherine Harris, and her two younger sisters, Jhackleen and Desiree -- said knowing and loving her was a privilege and an honor.

A talented musician, gifted poet and compassionate friend, LaFountain was loved by all, friends and family said.

Katy Lindenmuth, one of LaFountain's roommates, said LaFountain made friends wherever she went and whenever she went out.

And when anyone needed her, LaFountain would always come running with her trademark smile on her face, Lindenmuth said.

Harris said LaFountain cared about her friends deeply, and if a friend had a problem, she would make it her own.

Even in her last moments, she thought of others.

"She saved five lives through her commitment to organ donation," her mother said.

LaFountain had a presence like a young Jackie Kennedy, she added.

"We used to call her 'Princess Raine.' That's been the joke around the house since she was little," Harris said. "She had the dignity and grace of a princess."

She wanted to be a Nittany Lion since she was nine years old, her mother said.

LaFountain was a football season ticket-holder and she never missed a game.

She was an ardent volunteer for Penn State's Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.

She was also a dedicated member of the Blue and White Society.

Lindenmuth said LaFountain used to repeat her favorite quote -- "Life is not the amount of breaths you take; it's the moments that take your breath away" -- whenever one of her friends was sad.

"That kind of epitomized Raine's life," Lindenmuth said. "It really made sense when she said it."

The impact of her daughter's life can be seen in the outpouring of hundreds of calls from friends and acquaintances, Harris said.

"For such a young girl, she had lived more lives than people older than me," Harris said.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at St. Clement's Church, 231 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs.

A gathering to celebrate LaFountain's life and accomplishments will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 2 at the National Museum of Dance, 99 S. Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Blue and White Society's Thon committee.

Contact Thon at its Web site, www.thon.org, or call the Penn State Office of Annual Giving at (888) 800-9163.