Audrey was the oldest of three daughters born to Walter William and Katherine May 'Katie' (Ingersoll) Ristine. She married William Martin 'Bill' Smith in 1922 and they had three children: Walter Louis, Shirley Nadine and Deane Ristine.
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Bellevue Journal - Bellevue, Washington
Death Takes Audrey Smith
Mrs. William (Audrey) Smith, beloved long-time Bellevue resident , died Tuesday, March 24, at Chula Vista, California, after a long illness. Mrs. Smith, who came to Bellevue as a bride in 1922, and her husband, who was born here, have been spending the greater part of each year in Chula Vista for the past several years.
Funeral Services will be held at Green's Chapel of Flowers on Monday, March 30, at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Smith was born in Kansas in 1895 and moved to the Kirkland and Seattle area in 1919. She was a graduate of Providence Hospital of Nursing and for several years operated a maternity ward in her home in Bellevue when her children were youngsters. Many of the children born in her home about 20 years ago, still are living in Bellevue.
She was an organizer of the first Camp Fire group in Bellevue, and for many years an active Camp Fire leader, a charter member of the Dr. C. Luverne Smith Guild of Children's Orthopedic Hospital, a charter member of Lakeside Graduate Nurses Association, and was head of the Bellevue Civilian Defense Casualty Station during World War II.
Besides her husband, William, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Katherine Ristine of Seattle, a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Cotter of Seattle; two sons, Walter and Deane, both of Bellevue, and four grandchildren.
* Personal Note: Audrey was my grandmother, and although she died before I was born and I never had the opportunity to know her, I have always respected the person that she was. She was educated, when few woman were. She worked, when few woman did, not only as a nurse but also along with her husband on the family farm. She was forward thinking, seeing needs in the community and then setting out to fulfill those needs, i.e. creating the first Camp Fire group and hospital in Bellevue. She operated the only maternity ward on the Eastside for many years in her own home, saving many families the difficulties of traveling by ferry across the lake into Seattle to have their babies.
*Note: Audrey was cremated in San Diego and then transported by her husband back home to Bellevue. Her ashes were spread in Lake Washington, near the family farm, by her sons several months afterwards. When her husband, William, died, her children purchased a matching headstone for their mother and placed it alongside William's, even though she is not actually buried there.
Obituary
Bellevue Journal - Bellevue, Washington
Death Takes Audrey Smith
Mrs. William (Audrey) Smith, beloved long-time Bellevue resident , died Tuesday, March 24, at Chula Vista, California, after a long illness. Mrs. Smith, who came to Bellevue as a bride in 1922, and her husband, who was born here, have been spending the greater part of each year in Chula Vista for the past several years.
Funeral Services will be held at Green's Chapel of Flowers on Monday, March 30, at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Smith was born in Kansas in 1895 and moved to the Kirkland and Seattle area in 1919. She was a graduate of Providence Hospital of Nursing and for several years operated a maternity ward in her home in Bellevue when her children were youngsters. Many of the children born in her home about 20 years ago, still are living in Bellevue.
She was an organizer of the first Camp Fire group in Bellevue, and for many years an active Camp Fire leader, a charter member of the Dr. C. Luverne Smith Guild of Children's Orthopedic Hospital, a charter member of Lakeside Graduate Nurses Association, and was head of the Bellevue Civilian Defense Casualty Station during World War II.
Besides her husband, William, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Katherine Ristine of Seattle, a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Cotter of Seattle; two sons, Walter and Deane, both of Bellevue, and four grandchildren.
* Personal Note: Audrey was my grandmother, and although she died before I was born and I never had the opportunity to know her, I have always respected the person that she was. She was educated, when few woman were. She worked, when few woman did, not only as a nurse but also along with her husband on the family farm. She was forward thinking, seeing needs in the community and then setting out to fulfill those needs, i.e. creating the first Camp Fire group and hospital in Bellevue. She operated the only maternity ward on the Eastside for many years in her own home, saving many families the difficulties of traveling by ferry across the lake into Seattle to have their babies.
*Note: Audrey was cremated in San Diego and then transported by her husband back home to Bellevue. Her ashes were spread in Lake Washington, near the family farm, by her sons several months afterwards. When her husband, William, died, her children purchased a matching headstone for their mother and placed it alongside William's, even though she is not actually buried there.
Audrey was the oldest of three daughters born to Walter William and Katherine May 'Katie' (Ingersoll) Ristine. She married William Martin 'Bill' Smith in 1922 and they had three children: Walter Louis, Shirley Nadine and Deane Ristine.
Obituary
Bellevue Journal - Bellevue, Washington
Death Takes Audrey Smith
Mrs. William (Audrey) Smith, beloved long-time Bellevue resident , died Tuesday, March 24, at Chula Vista, California, after a long illness. Mrs. Smith, who came to Bellevue as a bride in 1922, and her husband, who was born here, have been spending the greater part of each year in Chula Vista for the past several years.
Funeral Services will be held at Green's Chapel of Flowers on Monday, March 30, at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Smith was born in Kansas in 1895 and moved to the Kirkland and Seattle area in 1919. She was a graduate of Providence Hospital of Nursing and for several years operated a maternity ward in her home in Bellevue when her children were youngsters. Many of the children born in her home about 20 years ago, still are living in Bellevue.
She was an organizer of the first Camp Fire group in Bellevue, and for many years an active Camp Fire leader, a charter member of the Dr. C. Luverne Smith Guild of Children's Orthopedic Hospital, a charter member of Lakeside Graduate Nurses Association, and was head of the Bellevue Civilian Defense Casualty Station during World War II.
Besides her husband, William, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Katherine Ristine of Seattle, a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Cotter of Seattle; two sons, Walter and Deane, both of Bellevue, and four grandchildren.
* Personal Note: Audrey was my grandmother, and although she died before I was born and I never had the opportunity to know her, I have always respected the person that she was. She was educated, when few woman were. She worked, when few woman did, not only as a nurse but also along with her husband on the family farm. She was forward thinking, seeing needs in the community and then setting out to fulfill those needs, i.e. creating the first Camp Fire group and hospital in Bellevue. She operated the only maternity ward on the Eastside for many years in her own home, saving many families the difficulties of traveling by ferry across the lake into Seattle to have their babies.
*Note: Audrey was cremated in San Diego and then transported by her husband back home to Bellevue. Her ashes were spread in Lake Washington, near the family farm, by her sons several months afterwards. When her husband, William, died, her children purchased a matching headstone for their mother and placed it alongside William's, even though she is not actually buried there.
Obituary
Bellevue Journal - Bellevue, Washington
Death Takes Audrey Smith
Mrs. William (Audrey) Smith, beloved long-time Bellevue resident , died Tuesday, March 24, at Chula Vista, California, after a long illness. Mrs. Smith, who came to Bellevue as a bride in 1922, and her husband, who was born here, have been spending the greater part of each year in Chula Vista for the past several years.
Funeral Services will be held at Green's Chapel of Flowers on Monday, March 30, at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Smith was born in Kansas in 1895 and moved to the Kirkland and Seattle area in 1919. She was a graduate of Providence Hospital of Nursing and for several years operated a maternity ward in her home in Bellevue when her children were youngsters. Many of the children born in her home about 20 years ago, still are living in Bellevue.
She was an organizer of the first Camp Fire group in Bellevue, and for many years an active Camp Fire leader, a charter member of the Dr. C. Luverne Smith Guild of Children's Orthopedic Hospital, a charter member of Lakeside Graduate Nurses Association, and was head of the Bellevue Civilian Defense Casualty Station during World War II.
Besides her husband, William, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Katherine Ristine of Seattle, a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Cotter of Seattle; two sons, Walter and Deane, both of Bellevue, and four grandchildren.
* Personal Note: Audrey was my grandmother, and although she died before I was born and I never had the opportunity to know her, I have always respected the person that she was. She was educated, when few woman were. She worked, when few woman did, not only as a nurse but also along with her husband on the family farm. She was forward thinking, seeing needs in the community and then setting out to fulfill those needs, i.e. creating the first Camp Fire group and hospital in Bellevue. She operated the only maternity ward on the Eastside for many years in her own home, saving many families the difficulties of traveling by ferry across the lake into Seattle to have their babies.
*Note: Audrey was cremated in San Diego and then transported by her husband back home to Bellevue. Her ashes were spread in Lake Washington, near the family farm, by her sons several months afterwards. When her husband, William, died, her children purchased a matching headstone for their mother and placed it alongside William's, even though she is not actually buried there.
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