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Jean Smith

EAST PALESTINE–Jean Smith, 94, died Monday afternoon at Christian House in East Palestine.

Mrs. Smith was born March 7, 1923 in East Palestine, a daughter of the late Ralph and Edna Ellis Reddington, and had lived in this area all of her life.

She was a secretary for the U.S. Navy and also Deming Pump Manufacturing in Salem. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.

Her husband, Robert F. Smith, whom she married Oct. 7, 1943, died May 20, 1997.

She is survived by her three daughters, Patricia Sheid of Crescent City, Calif., Gayle Mahoney of Scottdale, Pa. and Nancy (Martin) Wolf of East Palestine; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Van Dyke-Swaney-Rettig Funeral Home in East Palestine with Pastor Mark McTrustry officiating. Burial will follow in Glenview Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the East Palestine Memorial Public Library 309 N. Market St. East Palestine, OH 44413.

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3/29/17