Nancy Ann Smith

Nancy Ann Smith 1959 - 2008 PITTSFIELD Nancy Ann Smith, 48, of 3667 Cypress Street, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., a longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday, April 13, at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Fla., after suffering an apparent heart attack. She had moved to Florida 10 years ago. Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1959, daughter of Rita A. Langenback Cummings and the late Walter H. Cummings Jr., she was educated in Pittsfield schools and was a 1978 graduate of Taconic High School. At the time of her death, Mrs. Smith was employed as a sales manager for Tru-Value Hardware in Palm Beach Gardens, where she had worked for the past three years. While in Pittsfield, she was employed as a sales manager at the former K-Mart where she had worked for 20 until its closing. She enjoyed playing bingo and on-line pogo, the computer, as well as spending time with her children and family and friends. She leaves her husband, Charles B. Smith, whom she married July 24, 1982, in St. Charles Church. Besides her husband, and her mother, she leaves three sons, Shawn C. Smith, Daniel J. Smith, and Matthew W. Smith, all of Palm Beach Gardens; her dog, "Duke"; a brother, Walter H. Cummings III. of Peru; two sisters, Louise A. Shaw of Pittsfield, and Carol A. Cummings of Wolfeboro, N.H., and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends. FUNERAL NOTICE: Services for Nancy Ann Smith, who died Sunday, April 13, will be Monday, April 21, at 9:15 a.m. from DERY FUNERAL HOME with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 a.m., at St. Charles Church, celebrated by the Rev. Peter A. Gregory, pastor. Calling hours will be Sunday, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family in care of the funeral home, 54 Bradford Street.