Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Dorothy Catherine Smith

July 17, 1906 - Feb. 6, 1998

 

South Bend Tribune 2/7/1998

Dorothy Catherine Smith, 91, formerly of East Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away after an illness at 10:20 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, in the St. Joseph Care Center West, South Bend, Ind.

Dorothy was born on July 17, 1906, in Mishawaka, to Benjamin and Catherine (Lyons) Smith, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Loretta M. Blanford (who died on the same date six years prior); and by a half brother, Bernard J. Smith.

 

She is survived by three nieces, Dorothy G. Hintz of Mishawaka, Kathleen M. Bradley of South Bend and Loretta M. Kulpa of Niles, Mich.; three nephews, Kenneth J. Blanford of Temperance, Mich., Raymond V. Blanford of Dayton, Ohio, and Jerome B. Smith of Rocklin, Calif.

 

Dorothy was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mishawaka, and was a graduate of the St. Joseph Academy in Adrian, Mich., in 1924. She spent 43 years as a secretary for the McCaffery Company.

 

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. on Monday in St. Joseph Church, with Rev. Robert A. Yast officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Mishawaka. Private family visitation will be held prior to the service at the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Church.