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Mary
Elizabeth Smith, “Marabeth"
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[June 13, 2023]
ROCHESTER
- Mary Elizabeth Smith, “Marabeth,” 100, of
Rochester, formerly of Tucson, AZ, passed away on Tuesday, April 25,
2023, at Carriage Crossing Senior Living of Rochester.
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Service:
A private family graveside service will be held at
Pleasant View Cemetery in Kewanee
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Mary Elizabeth Smith, “Marabeth,”
100, of Rochester, formerly of Tucson, AZ, passed
away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Carriage
Crossing Senior Living of Rochester.
Mary was born on April 4, 1923, in Kewanee, the
daughter of Emil F. and Elizabeth Lois (Arter)
Anson. She married Theodore O. Smith and they later
divorced.
Mary is survived by her son, Theodore Anson “Tim” (Karon)
Smith and their children, Brenden (Alison) Smith,
Ryan (Marissa) Smith, Harrison (Lauren) and
great-granddaughter, Chloe Smith, and Parker Smith.
Her daughter Sandra’s children, Rachel (Dustin
Jackson) Deilkes and great-granddaughters Carley and
Maci, and Becka (Randy) Mileham; and
great-grandchildren: Jack, Carter, and Paislee.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
sister, Barbara Freyschlag; and her daughter, Sandra
Elizabeth Deilkes.
“Mare” as she was known, loved golf, theater,
travel, televised sports, and was an avid reader.
She earned a theater degree from Denison University
in Granville, Ohio in 1945. She often spoke of how
proud she was of having returned to college, earning
a teaching credential, and then serving as a
classroom instructor at Naperville, Illinois’
Washington Junior High School that Tim and Sandra
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She also helped establish a community
theatre in Naperville, both ‘on’ and ‘off’ stage.
An accomplished knitter, she made blankets for
children in need for a local church in Tucson, AZ.
She was a long and active member of The AN Chapter
of PEO, also in Tucson.
A private family graveside service will be held at
Pleasant View Cemetery in Kewanee. Services have
been entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln.
The family would like to extend their appreciation
to the kind and caring staff at Carriage Crossing
Senior Living of Rochester.
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