Eleanor Nellie Smith1

F, #42225, b. Sep 30, 1923, d. Jun 3, 2013
Father*Willis Howitt Smith1 b. Jun 24, 1895, d. Sep 1, 1968
Mother*Nora Bell Reynolds1 b. Jun 30, 1901, d. Nov 17, 1981

Family 1

Earl Ernest Kinney b. Jul 12, 1896, d. Jan 5, 1976
Children

Family 2

Reginald Elliot Blow b. Feb 27, 1926, d. Dec 22, 1989

Family 3

Ralph Richard Maynard b. Jan 2, 1912, d. Apr 13, 2004

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 30, 1923 Eleanor Nellie Smith was born on Sep 30, 1923 at Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
 She was the daughter of Willis Howitt Smith and Nora Bell Reynolds.1 
Marriage*Aug 5, 1942 Eleanor Nellie Smith married Earl Ernest Kinney, son of Frank Ezra Kinney and Edna Direxa Cole, on Aug 5, 1942 at Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.2 
Marriage*Jul 9, 1988 Eleanor Nellie Smith married Reginald Elliot Blow on Jul 9, 1988 at Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.2 
Marriage*Sep 27, 1991 Eleanor Nellie Smith married Ralph Richard Maynard, son of Frank Burton Maynard and Martha Isadore Davis, on Sep 27, 1991 at Fletcher, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.3,2 
Death*Jun 3, 2013 Eleanor Nellie Smith died on Jun 3, 2013, at age 89 at Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States, at home.4,3 
ObituaryJun 4, 2013  OBITUARY: CAMBRIDGE - Eleanor N. (Smith) Maynard, born in East Fletcher, on Sept. 30, 1923, died on June 3, 2013, at home, surrounded by her loving family.

She grew up in East Fletcher where she attended the one-room schoolhouse. She later graduated from Brigham Academy in Bakersfield in 1940. Shortly after that she moved to Cambridge, where she married Earl Kinney and had two children, Nancy and Jim.

Eleanor was a very caring, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. She loved her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She loved to sit on her front porch in the village and watch the birds. Her geraniums were her pride and joy and she would never miss a meal. Her body was always moving, including her hands that worked tirelessly to crochet and knit gifts for her friends and family. Her strength of independence allowed her to live a long life at the home she loved dearly.

She was predeceased by her husband, Earl; daughter, Nancy; and sisters, Carolyn Williams and Marion Murphy.

She is survived by her sister, Shirley Maynard and extended family in Bakersfield; her son, Jim Kinney; grandchildren, Pam Fuller and husband, Michael, Carmen Fuller, Karen Tibbits and husband, Jason, and Kevin Kinney and partner, Beth Brown; great- grandchildren, Amanda Fuller, Heidi Fuller, Hayden and Ashton Tibbits, and Ella Kinney.

Calling hours will be at the A.W. Rich Funeral Home - Fairfax Chapel on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, from 5 to 8 p.m.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the Binghamville Church in Binghamville, followed by a committal and luncheon.

Arrangements are in the care of the A.W. Rich Funeral home in Fairfax. The family invites you to send online condolences to the family please visit www.awrfh.com

The family would like to thank Lamoille County Home Health and Hospice who were so caring, loving and attentive.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Eleanor's memory may be given to the Lamoille Area Cancer Network, P.O. Box 38, Lake Elmore, VT 05657.

Published in The Burlington Free Press on June 4, 2013.4
 
Burial*Jun 6, 2013 She was buried on Jun 6, 2013 at Binghamville Cemetery, Binghamville, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 111756927.5 

Citations

  1. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S768] Personal Knowledge - Tibbets, Karen.
  4. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  5. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #396 & #19.