Wendy Smith

Wendy Allison (nee Reiner) Smith passed away at Gilchrist Center Baltimore on May 24, 2025 just a few days before her 69th birthday. Ms. Smith was born June 2, 1956 in Cranford, N.J. but spent virtually all of her life in the Baltimore area, graduating from Milford Mill High School (now Academy), the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Ms. Smith spent the first part of her career in catering sales at such venues as the city's famed Belvedere Hotel. Briefly she worked as a private chef, an extension of her lifelong love of cooking and fine dining. Practicing as a therapist, however, was her calling and passion, and she was beloved by patients for her incisive diagnostic skills, compassion and commitment. She is survived by her mother Barbara, three brothers and their wives (Andrew and Elizabeth, Robert and Melissa and Bruce and Linda), adored nieces and nephew (Casey, Haylea, Aliya, Ellie and Macallah). The family is planning a private memorial service.