San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Smith, Dorothy Christine March 31, 2005
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The Record  April 5, 2005
Stockton
Dorothy Christine Smith 
April 3, 1908 - March 31, 2005
 

Dorothy C. Smith, age 96, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2005 in Stockton. 
Dorothy was born to Emil and Sophie Nilson on April 3, 1908 in Denver, 
Colorado. She graduated from Colorado State Teachers College in 1929. She was 
married to David H. Smith in 1933 and moved with him to Southern California, 
where he was a career firefighter rising to rank of Assistant Fire Chief in the 
Santa Ana Fire Department. In California, she continued her education, 
graduating from Long Beach State College in 1953. Dorothy was a gifted teacher, 
who dedicated 30 years of her life to teaching elementary children in the Santa 
Ana Unified School District. Dorothy resided in Santa Ana and Tustin, CA for 
more than 60 years before moving to O'Connor Woods Retirement Community in 
Stockton in 1999.
She is survived by one son, David Lawrence Smith and his wife, Alberta of 
Clatskanie, Oregon and two daughters, Delia Margaret Smith and her husband, Tim 
Conniff of San Jose and Dorrine Helen Davis and her husband, Gent of Stockton. 
She is also survived by two grandchildren, Erick Smith of Pullman, Washington 
and Christina Wallace of Tucson, Arizona; two great-grandsons, Matthew and 
Andrew Wallace and several nieces and nephews. Dorothy was preceded in death by 
her husband of 49 years, David and two brothers, Claude and Gordon Nilson.
Dorothy will be greatly missed by her family and friends.


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