Submitted by: Dan Rich
July 17, 1906 - Feb. 6, 1998
South Bend Tribune 2/7/1998
Dorothy Catherine Smith, 91, formerly
of East Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away after an
illness at 10:20 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, in the St. Joseph Care
Center West, South Bend, Ind.
Dorothy was born on July 17, 1906, in
Mishawaka, to Benjamin and Catherine (Lyons) Smith, who
preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a
sister, Loretta M. Blanford (who died on the same date six
years prior); and by a half brother, Bernard J. Smith.
She is survived by three nieces, Dorothy G. Hintz
of Mishawaka, Kathleen M. Bradley of South Bend and
Loretta M. Kulpa of Niles, Mich.; three nephews, Kenneth
J. Blanford of Temperance, Mich., Raymond V. Blanford of Dayton,
Ohio, and Jerome B. Smith of Rocklin, Calif.
Dorothy was a member of St. Joseph Catholic
Church, Mishawaka, and was a graduate of the St. Joseph Academy
in Adrian, Mich., in 1924. She spent 43 years as a secretary for
the McCaffery Company.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m.
on Monday in St. Joseph Church, with Rev. Robert A. Yast
officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Joseph Catholic
Cemetery, Mishawaka. Private family visitation will be held prior
to the service at the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Church.