Jeanne Smith Obituary
She is preceded in death by her loving husband Ralph and her son David. She is survived by children Sarah (Michael) and Rebecca (Bernhard) and grandchildren Anna, Marah (Joe) and Nora and three great-grandchildren.
She was born in Gilbert, MN to John Kraker and Mary Kraker, née Babich. Jeanne grew up in Gilbert, MN and graduated from Mayo High School in Rochester, MN. She worked as a laboratory technician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and thereafter in Long Island, NY and San Diego, CA. Here she met and married her husband Ralph Smith of Cleveland, OH. They moved to White Bear Lake, MN and were faithful members of St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Jeanne will be missed by all who knew her.
There will be a private interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery with a Mass of Christian Burial to be announced.
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