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- Mrs. Diane A. Smithers.
35, Calcium, assistant head
nurse in the pediatrics department
of the House of
the Good Samaritan, wife
of John B. Smithers. died
at 7:30 this morning at the
House of the Good Samaritan
where she had been admitted
March 20. She had
been in ill health since the
summer of 1974.
The funeral will be Monday
at 9 a.m. at Holy Family
Church. Burial will be in
Sanford Corners Cemetery
Calling hours are from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday
Contributions may be made
in her name to the American
Cancer Society.
Besides her husband, she
is survived by a daughter.
Deborah L 14; three sons.
John B., Jr.. 15; Scott M..
13. and Steven A., 12; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
B. Gayne. Black River
Road; a sister. Mrs. Michael
(Renee L.) May.
Rochester; and four brothers,
Vernon B. Gayne. Jr.,
John E. Gayne. Bruce F.
Gayne and Michael E.
Gayne, all of Watertown.
Born May 2, 1940, in Watertown,
a daughter of Vernon
B. and Dorothy A. Snyder
Gayne, she was
graduated from Watertown
High School in 1957 and
from the St. Lawrence
State Hospital School of
Nursing in 1960. She joined
the staff of the House of the
Good Samaritan as a registered
nurse in 1961 and had
been named assistant head
nurse in the pediatrics department
prior to going on
sick leave in September.
1974.
She married John B.
Smithers, of Heuvelton,
July 2, 1960. at Heuvelton.
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1940 - 1976 (35 years)
d. 30 Mar 2011, Largo, Pinellas County, Florida, United States of America