Obituary of Barbara J. Smith

Barbara J. Smith Dundee: Barbara J. Smith, age 77, of Dundee, NY died Tuesday January 21, 2014 at Schuyler Hospital, in Montour Falls, N.Y. Friends may call from 10:00 to 12:00 noon Thursday (Jan. 23) at the Baird Funeral Home, 36 Water Street, Dundee; where her funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon with Pastor Whendy Wolverton officiating. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Dundee in the spring. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Dundee Fire Company Emergency Squad, 12 Union St., Dundee, NY 14837, or the Schuyler Health Foundation, P.O. Box 828, Montour Falls, NY 14865. Barbara was born June 13, 1936 in Dundee, NY, the daughter of the late Albert and Anna Lajza Hess. She graduated from Dundee Central School in 1954. On February 23, 1957 in the Wayne Baptist Church she married Roland E. Smith. A life long area resident, she was employed as a waitress for 33 years by Glen Motor Inn in Watkins Glen, NY. She is loved and will be dearly missed by her husband of almost 57 years Roland E. Smith Sr. at home; a daughter Dorothy Ann (Terry L. Wax) McCann of Fort Meade, FL; 4 sons Roland E. (Glenda) Smith Jr. of Dundee, Duane C. (Bernadine Rapacki) Smith of Elmira, Lyman W. (Emmie) Smith of Canastota, NY, Ross E. (Sandra) Smith of Dundee; 8 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; 6 sisters Rose Marie Smith of Watkins Glen, Cora Jane (Roger) Miller of Dundee, Leona Smith of Painted Post, Mary Ruth (Jerry) Whipple of Chittenango, Mildred Bates of Dresden, Shirley Dobson of Himrod; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by 2 sons Randy L. Smith in 1961, Leonard E. Smith in 2009, a brother Albert Hess in 2001, and 2 sisters Gloria Grenham in 1994, and Virginia Stahl in 2009. Online condolences can be sent by visiting www.bairdfuneralhomedundee.com.