Evelyn Jane Smith

AND WENT TO BE WITH OUR LORD ON APRIL 23, 2022

EVELYN JANE VAN VALKENBERG WAS BORN MAY 1, 1923 IN TURNER OREGON TO ALBERT AND

WINNIE VAN VALKENBERG.

EVELYN WAS NUMBER 8 IN A FAMILY OF 12 CHILDREN, LATER MOVING TO A LARGE FARM IN

WOODBURN OREGON. THERE THE FAMILY THRIVED, FARMING IN THE AREA.

SHE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY TWO HUSBANDS, WALLY (JOSLIN) WEB (SMITH), TWO SONS,

RANDALL BRENT SMITH, AND LARRY ALLAN SMITH. SON IN LAW, JIM HAVELHURST, FOUR

BROTHERS, AND SEVEN SISTERS.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY SON GARY WALTON SMITH (SHARON) DAUGHTERS CAROLYN KAY HAVELHURST, CAROL ANN RIDDLE, JANICE LORRAINE SMITH, DAUGHTER IN LAWS SUSAN SMITH (LARRY) JoANN SMITH (RANDY) FOURTEEN GRANDHILDREN, 16 GREATGRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

IN THE AMAZING BLENDING OF FAMILIES BEGINNING WITH A WIDOW AND THREE SONS, A WIDOWER AND THREE DAUGHTERS CAME A LARGE LOVING, GRACIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL FAMILY OF GOD, BOUND IN FAITH AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE WITH US TODAY CELEBRATING OUR MOM, GRANDMOTHER AND

GREATGRANDMOTHER AND SHARING PRECIOUS MEMORIES.

WE LOVE YOU DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

A graveside service will take place on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 10:00 am at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, 11801 SE Mt. Scott Blvd in Portland, followed by a reception in the Lincoln Memorial reception room.