- Date Of Birth: December 25, 1928
- Date Of Death: April 17, 2020
- State: Idaho
Evelyn LaRene Smith, 91, of Ucon, passed away April 17, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
LaRene was born December 25, 1928, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Robert William Colson and Ellen Laurine Pedersen Colson. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She also attended BYU.
On November 27, 1948, she married Lavern Jorgensen Smith in Swan Valley, Idaho. LaRene and Vern made their home in Ucon, Idaho, where LaRene worked as an accountant and computer librarian for EG&G at the site and at the Computer Science Center.
LaRene is survived by her son, William Lavern (Kendra) Smith of Rapid City, SD; daughter, Christine LaRene (Levor) Oldham of Spanish Fork, UT; son, Kimble Colson (Jeannette) Smith of Preston, ID; siblings, Mary Van Noy of St. George, UT, Robert (Janice) Colson of St. George, UT, James (Sharon) Colson of St. George, UT, Karen (Neil) Hull of Lava Hot Springs, ID, Steven (Donna) Colson of St. George, UT, Kathleen (Bill) Egan of Arimo, ID; fourteen grandchildren, 59 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Lavern Jorgensen Smith, and twin sister Grace LaDene Parsons.
The family would especially like to thank her neighbors and friends for their extraordinary, untiring and loving care of our mother.
