- Date Of Birth: March 4, 1926
- Date Of Death: March 17, 2019
- State: Idaho
Lila Marie Smith was born on March 4, 1926 in Sarilda, Idaho to George Delbert Shelton and Berthie Juanita Sadorus. She died on March 17, 2019. At the time of her death, she was living at Fairwinds Retirement Center and was under the care of Hospice.
Lila lived most of her life in Idaho. She grew up in Ashton, Idaho with her sister Georgia Blanchard and enjoyed the life of the outdoors. When Lila was 16, she moved to San Francisco, California. During WWII She went to work in the ship yards. She lived there for 3 years and then returned home to Ashton ID.
During that time, she had her first son Darwin Ray Smith. She then met the love of her life Vernon Charles Smith and they were married in August of 1950. On June 2,1951, they had their first child together Lorenzo Delbert Smith. Two years later, they had a daughter Trina Ann Pettingill (Smith).
They moved to Idaho Falls prior to Trina’s birth and Lila worked as waitress for many years, while Vern worked as a truck driver. They eventually ended up living on 17th Street where they raised their children. In the 80’s they moved to lona where they had the home of their dreams. Both Vern and Lila retired and spent many years together enjoying retired life. Each year they would make the trek to Arizona to enjoy the warm weather up until the death of Vern on January 7, 2004.
