EAST LONGMEADOW - Lois Carolyn (Smith) Lopes, 92, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2013 peacefully in East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Center . She was the widow of Olivio A. (Al) Lopes, also of East Longmeadow, who preceded her in death in 2006. She was the daughter of the late Clifford F. Smith, long-time City Clerk of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Mildred Carolyn Abbe. She was the granddaughter of Edward A. and Grace Lillian (Dodd) Smith, and John Edgar and Emma Jane (Whitaker) Abbe. A brother, Robert C. Smith, died in 2005. Lois graduated from Classical High School in Springfield, and from Bridgewater State Teachers College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. She taught first grade, both full-time and as a substitute, before serving as Children's Librarian at the East Longmeadow Public Library. She became the first librarian at East Longmeadow High School, serving as such until her retirement in the 1980s. Beginning in the late 1980s Lois and Al became part of the Fulbrook community the Cotswolds in Oxfordshire, England, enjoying many activities with a close group of friends. They spent May through October of each year in Fulbrook until 2001. Lois's daughter Carolyn L. Barkley of Wintergreen Resort, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2013. She is survived by her grandson Kelley Powell and his wife Kimberly (Murray) Powell, and her grand-daughters, Megan Murray and Samantha, and Mackenzie Powell, all of Roanoke. A nephew, Christopher Smith, and his family live in Florida, and a niece, Kim Lopez, and her family live in New York. All Services and burial will be private at the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery in Agawam. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the East Longmeadow High School Library, 180 Maple Street, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 Arrangements entrusted to the Byron Keenan Funeral Home, 1858 Allen Street, Springfield, Mass. For online condolences please visit www.byronkeenan.com.

[Published in The Springfield Republican from May 15 to May 16, 2013]