Ruth Marguerite Smith died of complications from Pnuemonia on April 18, 2017, just 11 days before her 95th birthday. Born on April 29th, 1922 in a 2 room log cabin at Boyle, Alberta, 80 miles north of Edmonton, the daughter of Aloney and Jetsome (Hilliard) McFarlane.
She came to the Harbor with her adoptive parents, Burton and Agnes Crick when she was 14 to live with her uncle and aunt, Ervin and Mildred Crick. She had is several homes between Canada and Washington. After serving as a nanny for a Jewish family in Aberdeen, she graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1940.
She married Warner Martin Smith and had 4 children, Marty Smith of Sammamish, WA, Cathy Stricker of Battleground, WA, Roger Smith of Westport and Jetta Smith, living in the old family home in Hoquiam. Besides her four children, she is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 3 P.M. Saturday, May 6th at Saron Lutheran church in Hoquiam. Please join with her family in honoring her life.
A card of condolence with a message or a memory may be sent to the family at www.fernhillfuneral.com
Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home, Aberdeen. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Ruth Smith, please visit our flower store.
She came to the Harbor with her adoptive parents, Burton and Agnes Crick when she was 14 to live with her uncle and aunt, Ervin and Mildred Crick. She had is several homes between Canada and Washington. After serving as a nanny for a Jewish family in Aberdeen, she graduated from Weatherwax High School in 1940.
She married Warner Martin Smith and had 4 children, Marty Smith of Sammamish, WA, Cathy Stricker of Battleground, WA, Roger Smith of Westport and Jetta Smith, living in the old family home in Hoquiam. Besides her four children, she is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 3 P.M. Saturday, May 6th at Saron Lutheran church in Hoquiam. Please join with her family in honoring her life.
A card of condolence with a message or a memory may be sent to the family at www.fernhillfuneral.com
Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home, Aberdeen. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Ruth Smith, please visit our flower store.
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