Colleen-Smith-Obituary

Colleen Joan Smith

Portland, Oregon

Jan 18, 1929 – Oct 27, 2016 (Age 87)

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BORN
January 18, 1929
DIED
October 27, 2016
AGE
87
LOCATION
Portland, Oregon

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Smith, Colleen Joan 87 Jan. 18, 1929 Oct. 27, 2016 Born to Milton and Mary Smith. Colleen died at age 87. She lived in Portland and graduated from Marylhurst College with a BS in Education. Colleen became an elementary teacher in 1950, teaching in the Portland Public School System and oversees...

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Please accept my sincere condolences to the Smith family. May loving words comfort family and friends during this difficult time (Isaiah 57:15)

Colleen, we know you are with your Mother Mary and my God father Jim. We will miss you dearly.

Millie, Jim and Nancy Emig

Good bye my treasured friend. We have shared a lifetime of memories together and you were truly my sister and I love you very much. Thank you for all you did for me and my family. I miss you so much yet I am at peace knowing you are no longer suffering. God bless you Colleen.

All of us who knew Colleen knew she was someone special. Independent, self sufficient, well educated, well read, well traveled and a passionate activist. If the issue pertained to children, education, the city of Portland, the environment, or politics you could count on Colleen to give 150%!

We were more fortunate than most because Colleen and my mom became friends when she was six years old and that friendship lasted her lifetime. So for us she became our treasured "Auntie Colleen....