THE DAUGHTER OF NOAH WALTER SMITH AND KATHERINE RATLIFF SMITH.
WHEN SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD IN 1945 HER FAMILY MOVED TO ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO BECAUSE OF HER FATHER’S HEALTH ISSUES. LOLA OR “BERNICE” AS PEOPLE CALLED HER ATTENDED ENGLEWOOD SCHOOLS THRU THE 11TH GRADE. IN 1948 SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND, ROBERT W STACY, AFTER HE MOVED TO DENVER FOR WORK. THEY WERE MARRIED JULY 10, 1950 AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS IN ENGLEWOOD COLORADO.
BERNICE LOVED TO CROCHET AND SHE WAS A VORACIOUS READER, SHE ALSO DID ALL THAT SHE COULD TO HELP HER HUSBAND ANY WAY SHE COULD. ROBERT & BERNICE LIVED IN SEVERAL HOMES IN ENGLEWOOD WHILE RAISING THEIR FAMILY WITH BERNICE BEING A HOMEMAKER.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE CLAYTON ROGER, RICKIE WALLACE, JAMES WALTER, CYNTHIA DIANE, DEBRA KAY, & ROBERT WALLACE JR.
THEY WERE SEALED AS A FAMILY IN THE SALT LAKE LDS TEMPLE ON JUNE 17, 1966,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
AFTER THE CHILDREN WERE RAISED THEY MOVED TO RAMAH, COLORADO ON 40 ACRES OF PRAIRIE AND OVER THE YEARS MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT THEIR OWN LITTLE PARADISE, LOVING WATCHING THE TREES GROW THAT THEY PLANTED ON THE ACREAGE AND SEEING PIKES PEAK IN THE DISTANCE TO THE WEST.
THEY MOVED BACK TO THE DENVER AREA IN 2010 TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY AS THEIR NEEDS WERE INCREASING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ENJOY TIME WITH FAMILY HERE.
LOLA BERNICE SMITH STACY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND ROBERT W. STACY SR., A SON JAMES WALTER STACY, A DAUGHTER IN LAW BRENDA JEAN BENTON STACY (RICKIE), TWO GRANDCHILDREN, ANTHONY WAYNE STACY &
ANGELA DAWN STACY-DEAVEN.
BROTHERS, WILLIAM “BILL”, RALPH, LEONARD AND DONALD
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER CHILDREN, ROGER (MYRNA) STACY,
RICKIE (VICKIE) STACY, PENNY STACY, CYNTHIA (KEVIN) OSIECZANEK,
DEBRA (ALAN) HANSEN AND ROBERT JR (CINDY) STACY
20 GRANDCHILDREN AND 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE IS FURTHER SURVIVED BY SIBLINGS GUY SMITH AND LUCILLE QUINN, SISTER IN LAW ERMA (BUCK) CLARK AS WELL AS NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES.
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