Marie was born to Katherine Marie Holloran Wood on June 8, 1942, in Casper, Wyoming, where she lived until moving to Houston, Texas, with her mother to be near her mother's sisters and their families. She enjoyed growing up with her four cousins who were like her brothers, especially days spent on the Galveston area beaches. The family eventually moved to Fort Worth where she graduated from R. L. Paschal High School. She married the love of her life, Paul Smith, on June 1, 1962. The young couple settled in Arlington where they raised their family of three children. Marie cherished her life as a wife and mother.
Marie lived a life of love and kindness. She was always ready to help anyone in need and she spent countless hours lending an ear and caring for others including the many friends of her children in their teenage years. She was open, friendly, caring, and adventurous. Many happy days began with her piling her three young children into the car and heading out into the day.
Other happy memories include Friday night dinners at Dairy Queen, hot summer days with Paul and the kids in the pit area to cheer him on at the races, getting locked in the Fort Worth Zoo after closing time, following landing airplanes to find DFW Airport, happy Christmas mornings, and too many more to list.
Marie always had a twinkle in her beautiful blue eyes. She loved babies, teenagers, dogs, cats, birds, trees, flowers, the Texas Gulf Coast, and traveling with dear friends; but she loved her family and friends most of all. We will miss her dearly.
Marie is preceded in death by her beloved mother Katherine Marie Holloran Wood and cousins Pat, Todd, and Jimmy Garland. She is survived by her husband Paul; daughter Bonnie Petsche and her husband Alan; daughter Terri Reed and her husband Doug; son Larry Smith and his wife Kelly; grandchildren Kate, Alec, Eric, Julia, Scot, and Heather; step-grandchild Adam Maddox and his wife Jessica; step-grandchild Bailey Stewart and her husband Cole; six step-great-grandchildren; her dear cousin Don Garland and his wife Janet; and many cousins once removed and their spouses and children.
The family wishes to extend our sincere gratitude to the physicians, nurses, and staff of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital COVID Intensive Care Unit who cared for Marie with kindness and compassion.
Visitation will be Tuesday, February 2, 2021, from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 N. Davis Dr., Arlington, Texas. Graveside Rite of Committal will be Wednesday, February 3, at 2:00 pm at Moore Memorial Gardens, 1219 N. Davis Dr., Arlington, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests charitable gifts be made in memory of Catherine Marie Smith to Texas Health Resources Foundation (P.O. Box 200038, Arlington, Texas 76006 or online at www4.texashealth.org/donate/donate.aspx) for the benefit of the Arlington Memorial ICU staff who are on the front lines bravely and compassionately helping families battle COVID.
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