Mrs. Smith was born Dec. 25, 1914, at Ballston Spa, daughter of Harry and Eleanor Hemphill Bantham. She was a graduate of the Long Island College School of Nursing. She received a BS degree in public health nursing from New York University. She had been employed as an RN for the New York City School System, a visiting nurse for Onondaga County, and had worked at the Harrisburg Hospital, and was a public health nurse with the Ontario County Health Department. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and the Lakeside Country Club.
Surviving are her Husband, E. Payson Smith; a stepson, Edward Payson Smith III of Fayetteville, Ark; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Clara Louise Pickle of Trumann, Ark., three brothers, Harry Bantham of New Paltz, Andrew Bantham of Hillsborough, N.C., and J. Alfred Bantham of Lake George; two sisters, Mrs. Angeline Lethbridge of Bolton Landing and Mrs. Eleanor Johnson of New Paltz; five step-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; and grandnieces and grandnephews.
Mrs. Smith was born Dec. 25, 1914, at Ballston Spa, daughter of Harry and Eleanor Hemphill Bantham. She was a graduate of the Long Island College School of Nursing. She received a BS degree in public health nursing from New York University. She had been employed as an RN for the New York City School System, a visiting nurse for Onondaga County, and had worked at the Harrisburg Hospital, and was a public health nurse with the Ontario County Health Department. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and the Lakeside Country Club.
Surviving are her Husband, E. Payson Smith; a stepson, Edward Payson Smith III of Fayetteville, Ark; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Clara Louise Pickle of Trumann, Ark., three brothers, Harry Bantham of New Paltz, Andrew Bantham of Hillsborough, N.C., and J. Alfred Bantham of Lake George; two sisters, Mrs. Angeline Lethbridge of Bolton Landing and Mrs. Eleanor Johnson of New Paltz; five step-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; and grandnieces and grandnephews.
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