Barbara L. Smith
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Barbara L. Smith, 81, of Wilmington, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2 at the Autumn Years Nursing Home in Sabina.
She was born June 27, 1938 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Kenneth Taft and Rose Eleanor (Collier) Dalton.
On May 6, 1961, she married Jack Smith, who passed away Oct. 29, 2004.
Barbara was a homemaker and loved helping taking care of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Surviving are her daughters, Ellie (Garry) Rasnic of Wilmington, Laura Lang of Wilmington, Tonya Hamilton of Peebles and Alice (Eugene) Rigdon of Seaman; sons, Lance Smith, Randy Smith and Derek Smith, all of Wilmington; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Stella Shelton, of Deland, Fla.
In addition to her parents and husband, Barbara was preceded in death by her son, Richard Kenneth Cook; and a sister, Harriett Barker.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 West Locust Street, Wilmington. Interment will follow in the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Thursday from noon-2 p.m.
To sign the online guest book, go to edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.
She was born June 27, 1938 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Kenneth Taft and Rose Eleanor (Collier) Dalton.
On May 6, 1961, she married Jack Smith, who passed away Oct. 29, 2004.
Barbara was a homemaker and loved helping taking care of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Surviving are her daughters, Ellie (Garry) Rasnic of Wilmington, Laura Lang of Wilmington, Tonya Hamilton of Peebles and Alice (Eugene) Rigdon of Seaman; sons, Lance Smith, Randy Smith and Derek Smith, all of Wilmington; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Stella Shelton, of Deland, Fla.
In addition to her parents and husband, Barbara was preceded in death by her son, Richard Kenneth Cook; and a sister, Harriett Barker.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 West Locust Street, Wilmington. Interment will follow in the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Thursday from noon-2 p.m.
To sign the online guest book, go to edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.