Smith of Brockton December 7, 2004, Evelyn M. (Powderly) Smith, 88 years. Wife of the late Leo P. Smith, Sr. Mother of Leo P. Smith, Jr. and his wife Kelly of Peterborough, NH; Det. James E. Smith of the Brockton Police Dept.; Anne M. (Smith) Murphy and her husband James of Cary, NC; and Catherine M. Smith of Brockton. Grandmother of Justin J. Smith of Brockton; Kendra E. Smith of Middletown, RI; Peter L. Murphy of Cary, NC; Connor J., Keegan P. and Liam K. Smith all of Peterborough, NH. Sister of Florence M. Powderly of Brockton. Sister in law of Mrs. Harold F. (Catherine M.) Powderly of Brockton.
Funeral from the J. Frank Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton Friday at 8 am. Funeral Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 9 am. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery in Randolph. Visiting hours Thursday 2-4 & 6-8 pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Evelyn’s memory to the New England Medical Center Floating Hospital, 750 Washington St., Box#231, Boston, MA 02111 or to Old Colony Hospice, 14 Page Terrace, Stoughton, MA 02072.
Obituary
Mrs. Smith died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Brockton after a period of failing health. Born in Brockton, daughter of the late James K. and Catherine A. (McDonald) Powderly. Mrs. Smith attended Brockton public schools and graduated from Brockton High School Class of 1934. She had been a former employee of Woolworth’s Dept. Stores; the FBI in Washington, DC and the New York/New Haven Railroad in Boston. She was a communicant of Our lady of Lourdes Church and a member of the Twentieth Century Catholic Club, AARP and the Brockton Senior Citizen’s bowling league.
She is survived by four children, Leo P. Smith, Jr. and his wife Kelly of Peterborough, NH; Det. James E. Smith of the Brockton Police Dept.; Anne M. (Smith) Murphy and her husband James of Cary, NC; and Catherine M. Smith of Brockton, 6 grandchildren, Justin J. Smith of Brockton; Kendra E. Smith of Middletown, RI; Peter L. Murphy of Cary, NC; Connor J., Keegan P. and Liam K. Smith all of Peterborough, NH, a sister Florence M. Powderly of Brockton and a sister in law Mrs. Harold F. (Catherine M.) Powderly of Brockton, several nieces, nephews; grandnieces, grandnephews, great grandnieces and great grandnephews.
Wife of the late Leo P. Smith, Sr. and sister of the late James L., Harold F., Charles R., Henry A., Elizabeth, Patricia and Mildred Powderly.