Fairfield, New Jersey
Dedicated West Essex teacher and field hockey coach Phyllis J. Smith passed away peacefully on March 5, 2023 at home in Fairfield, New Jersey. Born in Glen Ridge, she lived in Belleville on the former grounds of Soho Hospital, also known as The Essex County Isolation Hospital with her parents Dr....
Read MoreI was so lucky to have been coached by Ms. Smith and Ms. Alimi who cared more about our growth and development as people than as athletes. Ms. Smith's legacy lives on in all of the women whose lives she impacted in their formative teenage years. Much love and deepest condolences to Ms. Alimi.
Lisa Fontoura
March 08, 2023
Linda, I don't know if you remember me. I taught English at West Essex until 1979 before moving to New England. How well I remember you and Phyllis, even after all these years, as beacons lighting paths in new directions. Please accept my warmest condolences, bridging a time when we were young and brave with the inexorable triumphs and losses life itself inevitably brings.
Warren Brown
March 08, 2023
I Took the earing and am holding on to it since my infant baptism. Ken and Deb Schempp
Ken Schempp
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Eternal Affection Arrangement- BASKET INCLUDED
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Single Memorial Tree
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