Sandra Smith Obituary
Sandra J. Smith, 72, Shillington, passed away Dec. 24, 2009, at 9:20 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she was a patient for one week.
She was the wife of Donald C. Smith who passed away in 1977.
Born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on July 23, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Grace H. March.
Mrs. Smith was a 1955 graduate of Governor Mifflin High School.
She was employed in the accounts receivable department of Salino's in Reading for 26 years, last working October 2009.
Sandra was a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Shillington.
Surviving are a son, Robert C. Smith, at home; two daughters, Debra S. (Smith), wife of Thomas A. Buss, Lehighton; and Susan M. (Smith) Hakes, Greenfield, Ohio; five grandchildren: Jennifer M. Dietrich, Donald C. Deisher, Guy L. Larrabee Jr., Robert C. Smith Jr., and Heather A. Hakes; and two great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a granddaughter, Melissa J. Larrabee.
Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in Bean Funeral Home, 129 E. Lancaster Ave., Shillington, with the Rev. Carl W. Filer officiating. Burial will be made in Laureldale Cemetery. Friends will be received Thursday, 9 to 10 a.m. Online condolences may be made at www.beanfuneralhomes.com.
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Ashley
December 29, 2009
God Took Another Angel Home
You Laid there in that hospital
bed, you tried so hard to hold on.
God was calling you home. He needed
another angel to help poor out the rain.
Tears have fallen, hearts where shattered,
but it was time for you to fly home.
Your loved ones came to say their last goodbyes, to tell you they loved you, and that you will be forever missed.
As your heart beat stopped, and your eyes slowly closed,
God took another angel home.
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December 28, 2009
Bob & Family;
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