Obit of Smith, Dorothy Jane Henderson - Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    06 May 2007
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Dorothy Jane Henderson Smith

Dorothy Jane Henderson Smith, 85, of Norman, OK. Our heroic mother 
transcended this life September 15, 2006 to join the Kingdom of 
Heaven. Her 40 year battle with cancer is over. Dorothy was born in 
Oklahoma City, OK, August 1921. She was the daughter and only 
surviving child of Eugene and Mabel. She attended Classen High School 
and the University of Oklahoma. She graduated with a Bachelor of 
Science in Geology, with a minor in music. She played the bass drum 
in the Oklahoma University Marching Band and loved to fly Piper Cubs. 
She married Stanley D. Smith of Norman, OK in 1948 in Albuqueque, NM. 
From there they moved to Midland, TX where she raised her children 
and played violin in the symphony and began oil painting: They moved 
to Tulsa, OK and then to Noman, OK in 1969. While in Noman she lived 
and worked in Oklahoma City for Jet Oil Co., and in Norman at the 
Oklahoma Geological Survey. She retired from the survey just last 
year. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, husband Stanley 
and daughter Jennifer. She is survived by daughters; Stacey Parker of 
Phoenix and Gena Fowler of Littleton, CO and five grandchildren; 
Lacey, Evan, Ryan, Alison and Elliott. Dorothy was loving, witty, 
funny, outspoken and stubborn. She was an artist in every way. We 
will miss her always. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to 
Hospice of the Valley. Arrangements entrusted to A. L. Moore Grimshaw 
Bethany Chapel.

Published in The Arizona Republic on 9/17/2006.
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