Beth Ellen Smith's Obituary
Beth closed her weary eyes and took her last breath, as her guardian Angel took her hand leading her home to Heaven. Her loving Husband and family members were by her bed side as she passed peacefully on January 03, 2023, at the age of 72 at The Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, OR. Preceding her in death, Mother Fern Marie Wallace, Father Harvey Milton Wallace Jr. , Sister Christine Sperry, and brother Robert William Wallace.
Beth is survived by her beloved husband of 42 years, Allen Dale Smith. Their son Anthony McCoy his wife Senda and Grandson Nigel from Monroe, WA. Adopted daughter Jaimie Lyn residing in Nolanville,Texas. Oldest Brother Richard Wallace ,and wife Toni of Toledo, WA , youngest Brother Wally Wallace and wife Kathleen of Fairbanks, AK along with many Loving in-law’s nephews and nieces from both sides of the family.
Beth was born in Roseburg, OR on August 7, 1950, to Fern Marie Wallace and Harvey Milton Wallace Jr. raised in Southern OR. She enjoyed her adolescent school years playing the normal childhood sports of track and field, baseball, and basketball. Her teenage years spent mostly in Prospect, OR where her friends delighted in her indomitable spirit and sense of fun and adventure. Because of her love for cooking, she opened a small restaurant in De Beque, Colorado where the locals adored her hometown cooking. No one loved her cooking more than her husband Allen and she made the perfect gold miners’ wife. They traveled, explored, and fished throughout the west including their 19 years in Alaska, ending up in St. Helens, OR .
Beth took great pride in her home whether it was a travel Trailer, or an on-the-job site home or one of the warm comfortable homes that they built themselves in Fairbanks AK. Her sense of impeccable style and taste in color were not only showcased in her homes , but also in her clothing and makeup. Beth was not only a beautiful woman, but she also had a beautiful heart and soul.
Her family will be having a celebration of Life. That will be announced at a later time. Her ashes will be spread in a private ceremony where she and her husband Allen celebrated their First Wedding anniversary.
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