Fay Smith Obituary
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Fay Pauline "Piney" Smith, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2026, from age related illness and Alzheimer's. She was 92. Pauline lived the meaning of her name "joyful creature with a gentle spirit."
Piney lived in Elk City for almost 50 years. She worked at Shearer Lumber (now IFG), as a certified lumber grader.
She married Dan Smith in 1989, after meeting at work. Dan made her quit the mill, because it was so hard on her back.
Piney became an Avon lady for Elk City, Dixie and all around for 10 years. All the ladies would watch for her Subaru on delivery days.
Seven years ago, Dan sold their property and home in Elk City to move her to Lewiston, so that she would be closer to the hospital and her doctors.
She knew and loved the Lord, and was she was a member of the Bible study group. The group was also the quilting club that made Quilts of Valor and Quilts of Honor. They made Piney a quilt, even though she was not a vet. They all signed it with love.
Piney is survived by her husband Dan Smith; her brother Jim Chaffin; her sister Diana Pendley; her three sons, Michael, Alan and Dale Siebenmorgen; stepdaughters, Becky Williams and Christy Medley; and grandkids, Jacob and Riley Booth, Jacob Smith, Aubree Micheal, and Abby Williams.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Milburn and Fay Chaffin; and her daughter Sandra.
No memorial is planned.
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