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Obituary for Smith


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday March 24, 1998

Jessemae Sinclair Smith, widow of Joseph L. Smith, passed away March 21, 1998 at the age of 92 surrounded by her family. She was born in Butte, Nebraska on April 10, 1905. She graduated from Mercy College Nursing School in Chicago, IL. She practiced nursing in Chicago in the late 1920's, moved to Los Angeles where she was a nurse at Hollywood Hospital. She met her husband in the 1933 Los Angeles earthquake. They married and moved to Albuquerque that year. Her husband practiced law in Albuquerque until his death in 1976. She has been a resident of Good Samaritan Manzano del Sol for the past seven years. She is survived by two daughters, Cecilia Ransom and husband, Dick, Sally Grady and husband, Don, all of Albuquerque. Seven grandchildren, Jim Ransom, and wife, Roma, Jo Ellen Howarth and husband, Sam, John Ransom and wife, Julie, all of Albuquerque, Joe Grady and wife, Lauri, of Albuquerque, Christine Shereston and husband, Barry of Johannesburg, South Africa, Tom Grady of Chicago, IL and Donna Barrett and husband, Geoff of Chatham, NJ; six great-grandchildren, Zack and Lauren Howarth, Daisy Ransom, Sean and Cole Grady and Luke Shereston. A private family memorial service will be held. Fitzgerald and Son Funeral Directors, in charge of Arrangements.