Elaine Wallace Smith

Elain e Wallace Smith, 81, of the Garden Spot Village in New Holland, formerly of Westwood, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, July 23, 2010.  She was the widow of her late husband, Howard "Smitty" Smith, who passed away in 2008 after they had shared 62 years of marriage.

Born in Sandy Hill, she was the daughter of the late Alice M. Crandall Wallace and Roy M. Wallace.  She was a 1946 graduate of the Coatesville High School.  She was self-employed as a hairdresser for 32 years, retiring in 1992.

Elaine was a member of the Coatesville Bible Fellowship and the former Westwood Union.  She was active as a Sunday School and VBS teacher and piano player.  She belonged to the Parkesburg Area Senior Citizens, where she had served as President for six years.  She was also a past President for the Westminster Auxiliary of Coatesville.

Elaine was an avid bowler for nearly 40 years.  She loved traveling, having visited Hawaii, Italy, Germany and Canada, and going on cruises.

She is survived by one son, Gregory Smith, husband of Jennifer, of Afton New York, her grandson Jeffery; blings, Dorothy Anderson of New Holland and Roy Wallace of Aston, Ohio; sister-in-law, Betty Wallace of Downingtown and her nieces and nephews, Judith Good, Nancy Supplee Towers, Joy Witkowski, Jake Gillespie, Kathy Dilworth, Barbara Wallace, William and Barry Wallace.  She was preceded in death by one son, Dr. H. Wallace Smith, brothers Ralph and William Wallace and step sisters, Peggy Jane Ross and Martha Albright.

The funeral services will be held on Friday, July 30 at 11 a.m. at the Garden Spot Village, Garden Towers (Apartment Suite, Third Floor), 433 South Kinzer Ave., New Holland, PA 17557, followed by interment in the Pequea Presbyterian Cemetery of Gap.  Family and friends are invited to attend the viewing, which will be held at the Garden Towers from 9 until 11 AM.

Funeral asirrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.  Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com