Isabelle Smith
September 5, 1921 –
Isabelle McFedries Smith, age 95, passed peacefully, surrounded by family, on Sunday, September 25, 2016, at Halifax Health Hospice in Orange City, Fla.
Isabelle was born September 5, 1921, in Glasgow, Scotland to Elizabeth and Robert McFedries. The family immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago when she was 3 years old.
She married Walter R. Smith in June 1945. They lived in Chicago for 15 years until Walter was transferred to Connecticut. They returned to the Chicago area in 1965. In 1981 they retired to Sun City Center, Fla., where Isabelle lived for 35 years. She relocated to Deland, Fla., in March of this year to be closer her children.
Isabelle and Walter traveled the world extensively and they loved the theatre. In addition, she was an avid bridge player and a skilled seamstress.
She was predeceased by her husband in 2003.
Isabelle is survived by her brother Robert McFedries Jr. of Ft. Myers, Fla., her son Bruce (Peggy) Smith of Palm Coast, Fla., her daughter Deborah (Robert) Spereno of Crescent City, Fla., her grandson Brent (Lisa) Smith and two great-grandsons of Edgewater, Md.
No services will be held. Isabelle will be laid to rest with her husband Water at Florida National cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Memorial donations can be made to <a href="http://www.samaritanservices.com" target="_blank">Samaritan Services</a> of Sun City Center, Fla.
Isabelle was born September 5, 1921, in Glasgow, Scotland to Elizabeth and Robert McFedries. The family immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago when she was 3 years old.
She married Walter R. Smith in June 1945. They lived in Chicago for 15 years until Walter was transferred to Connecticut. They returned to the Chicago area in 1965. In 1981 they retired to Sun City Center, Fla., where Isabelle lived for 35 years. She relocated to Deland, Fla., in March of this year to be closer her children.
Isabelle and Walter traveled the world extensively and they loved the theatre. In addition, she was an avid bridge player and a skilled seamstress.
She was predeceased by her husband in 2003.
Isabelle is survived by her brother Robert McFedries Jr. of Ft. Myers, Fla., her son Bruce (Peggy) Smith of Palm Coast, Fla., her daughter Deborah (Robert) Spereno of Crescent City, Fla., her grandson Brent (Lisa) Smith and two great-grandsons of Edgewater, Md.
No services will be held. Isabelle will be laid to rest with her husband Water at Florida National cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Memorial donations can be made to <a href="http://www.samaritanservices.com" target="_blank">Samaritan Services</a> of Sun City Center, Fla.