TITLE:  Ardelle Beatrice Smith, Obituary,  March 11, 2001,

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Ardelle B. Smith 

WALDEN, Vt.- Ardelle Beatrice Smith, 83, of Walden, Vt., died on
Sunday evening, March 11, 2001, at the Copley Hospital in
Morrisville

She was born on July 20, 1917, in East Fairfield, Vt., the daughter of
Arthur B. and Luna (Wright) Marcher. She attended Fairfield public
schools. On Oct. 20, 1937, she married Leslie Vernon Smith in
Lincoln, Vt.

On May 1, 1950, she and her family moved to Walden and lived in the
tenement over the railroad station for about three yaers. Together
with her husband, they build their present home from materials
salvaged from that torn-down railroad station. They moved in on Dec.
7, 1953.

Ardelle was a very good cook. She enjoyed visiting with family and
friends who would stop by her home, traveling to Colorado and
Missouri to visit with her chidren and grandchildren, reading, and she
was an avid Red Sox fan.

Survivors include eight children, Robert of Hardwick, Vt., Martha
Alexander of Waterville, Vt., Ralph of Cortez, Colo., Linda Maberry
of Eldorado Springs, Mo., Vaughn of East Ryegate, Vt., Douglas of
Timmonsville, S.C., Gary of Cabot, and Kevin of Whitefield; 28
grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband in 1990, and a son, Harold, in
1955.

A memorial service will be scheduled in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to
Caledonia Home Health and Hospice, P.O. Box 33, St. Johnsbury,
VT 05819. 

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