Laconia-----Jennie C. (Dyer) Smith, 87, of 49 Batchelder Street, died at the Laconia Rehabilitation Center-Genesis on Sunday, March 4, 2012. She was the widow of Roland E. Smith who died in 1995.
Mrs. Smith was born November 5, 1924 in Atkinson, Maine, the daughter of John H. and Olive (Albert) Dyer. She was the youngest of seventeen children.
Mrs. Smith lived in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine before moving to Laconia sixty-eight years ago. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, photography and dancing.
Survivors include three sons, Keith A. Smith, Terry R. Smith and Henry J. Smith, all of Laconia; two daughters, Janet M. Dalis of Melrose, Mass. and Cheryl A Sydlik of Slidell, Louisiana; twelve grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Smith was predeceased by a son, Kenneth W. Smith in 1997.
A calling hour will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2012 from 10:00-11:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish-Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H.
Following the calling hour, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00AM also at Sacred Heart Church.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Laconia.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, NH Office, 5 Bedford Farms Drive, Suite 201, Bedford, NH 03110.
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.