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Patricia Waterman Smith was born on January 23, 1923 to Oliver Harrison Smith, publisher of the Saturday Review of Literature and Claire Spencer, artist and writer. She grew up in New York City, Maine, California, and New Mexico, dividing her time between her mother and father who divorced. Patricia attended the Art Students League in New York City and became a skilled and talented sculptor. During WWII, she worked for the Army Medical Museum in Washington D.C. In 1954, she returned to New Mexico with her children, Carson, Rebecca, Poppy, and George Ballantine. In 1955, she married Peter Smith and they had one child, Claudia. They settled in Corrales, building an adobe home. Patricia was very active in the art community and was a founding member of the Corrales Art Association, the Camel Gallery, the Visual Arts Council of the Corrales Historical Society, and the Bosque Gallery. She also volunteered with the All Faiths Home and served on the Corrales Parks and Recreation Board. She was a devoted and generous mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She leaves behind in addition to her children; grandchildren, Shama, Antonio, Jessie, Gabriel, Morgan, Chloe, Alayne, and Marie; and great-granddaughter, Morgana; a stepdaughter, Sara and Sara's children, Aaron and Madeline. She is also mourned by her husband, Pete and her devoted rat terrier, Dodger. Patricia's friends are invited to a gathering to celebrate her life at her home on Sunday, August 11, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. Donations may be made in her honor to the All Faiths Receiving Home in Albuquerque.
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