- Date Of Birth: September 22, 1937
- Date Of Death: August 14, 2019
- State: Indiana
Mrs. Jeanette E. Smith, 81, of Elkhart, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 at 12 :20 pm at Woodland Manor Nursing Facility in Elkhart following a sudden illness.
She was born in Wakarusa on Sept. 22, 1937 to the late Harold and Virginia (Slocum) Hostetter and is preceded in death by her husband, Stanley S. Smith, who passed away in Elkhart in 2003.
Surviving are her children Karen (John) Kidder, Bryan (Diane) Smith and Scott Smith; grandchildren Sami Hart, Jeanette Kidder, Ryan Smith and Tom and Shelly Meert; great grandchildren Olivia, Alaina and Easton Reames and Adrian Smith. A sister, Carolyn Barkman precedes Jeanette in death, as well as her good friend Joyce from Woodland Manor.
Jeanette worked at Dura-Cool of Elkhart for over 25 years, retiring around 2002. She loved life’s simple things like spending time with her grandchildren and swinging on the front porch swing on a summer afternoon. She will be best remembered for her love and devotion to her late husband as well as being a devout and faithful Christian lady.
