Loma Moulton Smith

LOMA MOULTON SMITH, CHAMPION IN LIFE AND ON THE GOLF COURSE, PASSES AT AGE 92 August 15, 1913 ~ June 21, 2006 Pebble Beach -Loma Moulton Smith passed away peacefully at her home in Pebble Beach on June 21, 2006. She was a champion athlete, loving wife, mother and grandmother, philanthropist and cherished friend in her community. Born to Fred and Daisy Moulton on August 15, 1913 in Pasadena, California, Loma showed athletic prowess at any early age. As a teenager, she played tournament tennis, which later parlayed into a badminton career in which she won four United States national championships. Smith was inducted into the Helms Badminton Hall of Fame in 1966.In 1941, at age 28, Loma married Hulet Peiper Smith, her beloved husband for 49 years, who introduced her to the game of golf. In 1962 the couple moved to Pebble Beach. Smith went on to win numerous prestigious titles highlighted by consecutive USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championships in 1964 and 1965.Off the golf course, Loma was an avid gardener, nature lover and active philanthropist, generously supporting over 50 charities.To her family, her friends, and everyone who knew her, she was an inspiration and will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered. Loma is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Leland Scheu of Upland, California, her granddaughters, Nevin Scheu of Upland, and Allyson McQuade of Los Angeles and her husband Tom and their children, Julia and Logan. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00a.m.on Saturday July 1st at The Paul Mortuary in Pacific Grove. A Celebration of Life reception will follow at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. It was Loma's wish that contributions be made to: Boys & Girls Club of Monterey County, PO Box 97, Seaside, CA 93955, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, PO Box HH, Monterey, CA 93942, or to Monterey County SPCA, PO Box 3058, Monterey, CA 93942.