Laconia-----Lucille R. Smith, 86, of 11 Prospect Street, Dover, and formerly of Laconia and Englewood, Florida , died at her home on Friday, June 20, 2014. Mrs. Smith was the widow of Robert E. Smith who died in 2003.
Mrs. Smith was born January 12, 1928 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of the late Wilfred and Yvonne (Lacroix) Garneau. She was a longtime resident of the Laconia area before moving to Florida. She had been self-employed as a hairdresser for thirty-five years and was a teller at the Laconia Peoples National Bank & Trust Company for ten years before retiring in 1982.
Mrs. Smith was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and a member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and enjoyed golf, camping and bowling.
Survivors include three sons, Robert E. Smith, Jr. and his wife, Janet, of Dover, Randall J. Smith and his wife, Pam, of Matthews, North Carolina and Jeffrey S. Smith and his partner, Tony, of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; two daughters, Deborah Smith Newell and her husband, David, of Concord and Linda J. Smith and her partner, Claudia, of Erie, Pennsylvania; four grandchildren, Amanda Lessard, Samantha Smith, Bradley Smith and Abigail Smith and six great grandchildren. In addition to her parents and her husband, Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her brothers, Ronald Garneau, Robert Garneau and Raymond Garneau and by a sister, Nancy Wade Marcoux.
A calling hour will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2014 from 9:30-10:30AM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated, following the calling hour, at 11:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish at St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will follow in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the American Diabetes Association, 10 Speen St., Second Floor, Framingham, Mass. 01701.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.