Obituary of Dorothy B. Smith

Dorothy B. Smith, 89, formerly of Eastwood, died on Wednesday at Willow Point Nursing Home in Vestal, NY. Mrs. Smith was born in Syracuse to Charles and Lillian Brennan. She was a graduate of Syracuse University and earned her masters degree at Denver University. She retired from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Syracuse in 1981 after 36 years as a registered dietician. She was previously employed at the Veterans Hospital in Canandaigua, NY. She was a veteran of the Army from 1946 to 1948. Mrs. Smith was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church, was the parish historian, former president of the Altar and Rosary Society, a Eucharistic Minister and a parish visitor for the Outreach Program. She was also the past president of the Central New York Dietetic Association and was vice president of the Diocesan Society of Church Historians. She was pre-deceased by her husband George W. Smith who died in 1972, and her two brothers: Charles F. Brennan and Richard J. Brennan. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. The funeral mass will be held on Thursday at 10:30am in Blessed Sacrament Church with burial to follow in Valley Cemetery. Friends may greet the family from 9-10am before the mass at the Goddard-Crandall-Shepardson Funeral Home, 3111 James Street. Memorial contributions may be made to the Blessed Sacrament Church Outreach Program, 3127 James Street, Syracuse 13206.