Pauline R. Smith's Obituary
Pauline R. Smith was born on October 21, 1913 in Pasadena, California to William and Gertrude Hammond Gillespie.
She died peacefully on July 10, 2007 at Rose Valley Assisted Living in Scappoose, Oregon at the age of 93, surrounded with loving care.
Pauline received a Bachelors degree in education from the University of Oregon in 1935. She was a special education teacher in Washington Public Schools for 29 years, retiring in 1973. Her first teaching job was at the age of 17 in a two room schoolhouse in Wolf Creek, Oregon after receiving her teaching certificate at Ashland Normal School, now known as Southern Oregon University.
Pauline married LeRoy Smith in Eugene, Oregon on September 21, 1935 and they were married 59 years at the time of his death in 1994.
They retired to their property in Sixes, Oregon in 1974 and lived on their 80 acres until they moved to Scappoose in 1992.
Pauline was a champion tennis player in high school and college, winning the UofO Sorority Tennis Tournament in 1935. She loved her family, was an avid reader and enjoyed gardening. LeRoy and Pauline were Airstream members and toured the U.S. and Central America. They also navigated the inside passage to Alaska in their 22? boat.
Survivors Include: children and spouses: Ellen and Dick Lager of Warren, OR; Gail and Isham McCammon of Sweet Home, OR; Gordon and Carole Smith of Citrus Heights, CA; sister: Isabel Atkinson of Scappoose, OR; 15 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; and 7 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband: LeRoy in ?94; son Kermit in ?93; and brother Raymond Gillespie in ?02.
Private internment will be on the family property in Sixes, Oregon. Memorial contributions may be made to the Columbia Learning Center, ?Chance to Become Scholarship,? 375 S. 18th St., St. Helens, OR 97051.
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