Beulah Mae Smith

She was born in Swanzey, on October 5, 1932, the daughter of Grover C. and Dora E. (Wilder) Clark. She attended local schools, graduating from Keene High School with the Class of 1951. She was a lifelong area resident.

She married Kenneth Winston Smith on September 1, 1951, in a ceremony at the Surry Church.

She worked as a Nursing Assistant and Unit Coordinator at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene for over 30 years. She retired in 1996, and then contributed as a volunteer for several years.

She was very active with the Beth-El Bible Church, the Ladies Aid, the Surry Parents Club, the Surry Grange, the Surry Players and the Surry fire department auxiliary. In 2001, she was honored as Citizen of the Year by the Town of Surry for over 50 years of community service as trustee of trust funds and ballot clerk.

She enjoyed square dancing and attending band concerts, parades, fairs, public suppers and auto races. After retirement, she and her husband wintered in Florida until 2013. They enjoyed traveling and visiting relatives across the country along the way. She enjoyed being around family, and was usually willing to go if given the opportunity, regardless of the destination.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years: Kenneth W. Smith of Surry; three children: Bruce A. Smith of Surry, Susan A. Williams and her husband Donn of Troy and Brenda L. Martineau and her husband David of Marlborough; five grandchildren: Holly Mitchell and her husband Jonathon, Jonathan Williams and his wife Kristen, Daniel Williams, Chelsey Martineau and her significant other Caleb Washburn and Jacob Martineau and his significant other Mandi Oerman; a great granddaughter: Emma Mitchell; three sisters in law: Virginia Clark of Surry, Barbara Messer of Westmoreland and Sandra Smith of Walpole; as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her brothers: Richard, Clifford and Hugh Clark, and her sisters: Ruth Pratt, Isabel Lewis, Frances Fisher and Jean Ritzenthaler.

Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Beth-El Bible Church, 13 Village Rd, Surry, NH 03431. An hour of visitation will be held prior to the service, from 1:00 until 2:00 at the Church. Burial will take place later in the spring, at the family lot in the Surry Village Cemetery.

In Lieu of Flowers, memorial donations can be made, in Beulah M. Smith’s name, to the Beth-El Bible Church, 13 Village Road, Surry, NH 03431.

Fletcher Funeral Home and Cremation Services (www.fletcherfuneralhome.com), 33 Marlboro St, Keene, has been entrusted with the arrangements.