Beata E. Smith

SCIPIO CENTER < Beata E. Smith, 84, formerly of Bergerstock Road, Scipio Center, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, in Groton. Mrs. Smith was born in Owego, the daughter of the late Otto D. and Mathilda Myermann Kuhlmann, and has resided at the Groton Residential Care Facility for the last six years. Prior to that she lived most of her life in Scipio Center. Mrs. Smith was employed at the General Products Co. of Union Springs for nine years. She was a member of the Heart of New York China Decorators Association, a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Auburn, and a member of the Ladies Guild of the church. Surviving is one daughter, Sandra L. Seitz and her husband, Donald, of Auburn; one son, Gary H. Smith of Scipio Center; two brothers, Helmuth E. Kuhlmann of Nebo, N.C. and Leonard P. Kuhlmann and his wife, Marie, of Auburn; four sisters, Doloras Barto and her husband, Richard, of Seminole, Fla., Elsie Sanders of Bell, Fla., Ida Pechio and her husband, Paul, of Pinellas Park, Fla. and Anna Gruver and her husband, Thomas, of Moravia; three grandchildren, Stacey J. Smith and his wife, Julie, of Vancouver, Wash., Troy E. Smith and his wife, Bettina, of Dossenheim, Germany, and Derrick W. Seitz and his wife, Mary, of Union Springs; four great-grandchildren, Jenna Smith, Vanessa Smith, Sandee Smith and Zada Rae Seitz; several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Henry Smith, who died in 1993; two sisters, Barbara Kolb and Lois Minde; and two brothers, D.W. Justin and Harold A. Kuhlmann, who died several years ago. Friends are invited to attend funeral services, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, in the Redeemer Lutheran Church, 10 Prospect St., Auburn. Interment will be in Ridgeway Cemetery, Town of Venice. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Redeemer Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 10 Prospect St., Auburn, NY 13021; the Southern Cayuga Ambulance Fund, PO Box 7, Poplar Ridge, NY 13139; or to the Groton Residential Care Facility, 120 Sykes St., Groton, NY 13073, in memory of Mrs. Smith. The Shakelton Funeral Home of Aurora is in charge of arrangements. To send a message to the family, sign our guest book at www.auburnpub.com and click on obituaries.