Patricia A. Smith Grofe

Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Theodore D. and Emily I. (Shirk) Smith.

She was a 1949 graduate of Reading High School and a 1953 graduate of the Kutztown University with a B. S. in elementary education. She was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boyertown. She started her teaching career in a one room school house in Englesville. She was employed by the Boyertown School District as an elementary school teacher for 28 years retiring in 1992.. She was a volunteer in her community and loved her cats.

She is survived by a daughter, Shelley M., wife of William Livelsberger; two sons, Charles D., husband of Susan Grofe and Theodore D., husband of Margie Grofe all of Boyertown; eight grandchildren, Natalie, Nicole, Allison, Laura, Adam, Brian, Andrew and Abigail.

Funeral services are 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 30, 2010 at the Linwood W. Ott Funeral Home, Inc., 111 North Reading Avenue, Boyertown. Sister Millicent J. Drake will officiate.

A viewing will be Friday, October 29, 2010 between 6 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 – 10 a.m. at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Boyertown.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Boyertown Multi-Service, 301 West Spring Street, Boyertown, PA 19512

Online condolences may be made at www.lwottfuneralhome.com.

al Home Inc., Boyertown, PA.