Obituary
Sharon "Jane" Smith age 78 of Las Cruces, NM on September 6, 2022 died while in the care of the health care professionals of Mayo Clinic, Methodist Hospital, Palliative Care Unit in Rochester, Minnesota with her daughter Liana and husband Joe present. Jane believes in the Communion of Saints and through God's grace the forgiveness of sins; she looks forward to the resurrection of her body and life everlasting.
She met Joe on a blind date in 1962. She showered Joe with blessings through the Sacrament of Matrimony at Sacred Heart Church in Charleston, WV on May 31, 1966 for 56 years. They loved, worshiped, lived, played, camped, prayed and worked in Michigan for over 35 years; blessed with two daughters Laura (Andrew) Parkin and Liana Smith. Proud grandparents of Douglas and Brandon Laird.
Jane, born on November 24, 1943 at her home in Walton, WV was Baptized, received her first Reconciliation and first Holy Communion in 1966 in Huntington, WV.
Joe and Jane were blessed by a Worldwide Marriage encounter January 18 -20, 1985 in Jackson, Michigan.
Jane was an X-ray technician and then devoted her time and talents to raising her two daughters.
Jane's parents, Bruce and Elizabeth (Arthur) Humphreys, and her brother Bill predeceased her. Her sisters Evelyn McCarty, Carlisle, KY, Patricia (Fred) Elswick, Charleston, WV, brother Bob Humphreys, Hurricane, WV and many nieces and nephews survive.
A member of St. Albert the Great Newman Parish in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Jane is thankful for the priests and parishioners that have supported her.
Father Higgs officiated the Vigil at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston WV at 7:30 PM Friday September 9, and the Funeral Mass at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston, West Virginia at 11AM Saturday September 10. There was a Rite of Committal in the open air chapel immediately following the Funeral Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: Mayo Clinic Department of Development for Palliative Care Rochester. 200 1st Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 or
St. Albert the Great Newman Center 2615 S Solano Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001
City of Charleston West Virginia. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Section 4 plot 33 to the right of Mary Kathryn Tierney Smith and to the left of Francis Tierney.
Note: Using Farnsworth Dr, Pass Spring Hill Mausoleum. Turn Right. Turn Left on Settle Rd. Pass Scruggs Addition E. On Right, see Catholic cemetery sign. Pass the trees and bushes. About three plots, beyond see Tierney plot
Sharon "Jane" Smith age 78 of Las Cruces, NM on September 6, 2022 died while in the care of the health care professionals of Mayo Clinic, Methodist Hospital, Palliative Care Unit in Rochester, Minnesota with her daughter Liana and husband Joe present. Jane believes in the Communion of Saints and through God's grace the forgiveness of sins; she looks forward to the resurrection of her body and life everlasting.
She met Joe on a blind date in 1962. She showered Joe with blessings through the Sacrament of Matrimony at Sacred Heart Church in Charleston, WV on May 31, 1966 for 56 years. They loved, worshiped, lived, played, camped, prayed and worked in Michigan for over 35 years; blessed with two daughters Laura (Andrew) Parkin and Liana Smith. Proud grandparents of Douglas and Brandon Laird.
Jane, born on November 24, 1943 at her home in Walton, WV was Baptized, received her first Reconciliation and first Holy Communion in 1966 in Huntington, WV.
Joe and Jane were blessed by a Worldwide Marriage encounter January 18 -20, 1985 in Jackson, Michigan.
Jane was an X-ray technician and then devoted her time and talents to raising her two daughters.
Jane's parents, Bruce and Elizabeth (Arthur) Humphreys, and her brother Bill predeceased her. Her sisters Evelyn McCarty, Carlisle, KY, Patricia (Fred) Elswick, Charleston, WV, brother Bob Humphreys, Hurricane, WV and many nieces and nephews survive.
A member of St. Albert the Great Newman Parish in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Jane is thankful for the priests and parishioners that have supported her.
Father Higgs officiated the Vigil at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston WV at 7:30 PM Friday September 9, and the Funeral Mass at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston, West Virginia at 11AM Saturday September 10. There was a Rite of Committal in the open air chapel immediately following the Funeral Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: Mayo Clinic Department of Development for Palliative Care Rochester. 200 1st Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 or
St. Albert the Great Newman Center 2615 S Solano Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001
City of Charleston West Virginia. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Section 4 plot 33 to the right of Mary Kathryn Tierney Smith and to the left of Francis Tierney.
Note: Using Farnsworth Dr, Pass Spring Hill Mausoleum. Turn Right. Turn Left on Settle Rd. Pass Scruggs Addition E. On Right, see Catholic cemetery sign. Pass the trees and bushes. About three plots, beyond see Tierney plot
Obituary
Sharon "Jane" Smith age 78 of Las Cruces, NM on September 6, 2022 died while in the care of the health care professionals of Mayo Clinic, Methodist Hospital, Palliative Care Unit in Rochester, Minnesota with her daughter Liana and husband Joe present. Jane believes in the Communion of Saints and through God's grace the forgiveness of sins; she looks forward to the resurrection of her body and life everlasting.
She met Joe on a blind date in 1962. She showered Joe with blessings through the Sacrament of Matrimony at Sacred Heart Church in Charleston, WV on May 31, 1966 for 56 years. They loved, worshiped, lived, played, camped, prayed and worked in Michigan for over 35 years; blessed with two daughters Laura (Andrew) Parkin and Liana Smith. Proud grandparents of Douglas and Brandon Laird.
Jane, born on November 24, 1943 at her home in Walton, WV was Baptized, received her first Reconciliation and first Holy Communion in 1966 in Huntington, WV.
Joe and Jane were blessed by a Worldwide Marriage encounter January 18 -20, 1985 in Jackson, Michigan.
Jane was an X-ray technician and then devoted her time and talents to raising her two daughters.
Jane's parents, Bruce and Elizabeth (Arthur) Humphreys, and her brother Bill predeceased her. Her sisters Evelyn McCarty, Carlisle, KY, Patricia (Fred) Elswick, Charleston, WV, brother Bob Humphreys, Hurricane, WV and many nieces and nephews survive.
A member of St. Albert the Great Newman Parish in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Jane is thankful for the priests and parishioners that have supported her.
Father Higgs officiated the Vigil at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston WV at 7:30 PM Friday September 9, and the Funeral Mass at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston, West Virginia at 11AM Saturday September 10. There was a Rite of Committal in the open air chapel immediately following the Funeral Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: Mayo Clinic Department of Development for Palliative Care Rochester. 200 1st Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 or
St. Albert the Great Newman Center 2615 S Solano Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001
City of Charleston West Virginia. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Section 4 plot 33 to the right of Mary Kathryn Tierney Smith and to the left of Francis Tierney.
Note: Using Farnsworth Dr, Pass Spring Hill Mausoleum. Turn Right. Turn Left on Settle Rd. Pass Scruggs Addition E. On Right, see Catholic cemetery sign. Pass the trees and bushes. About three plots, beyond see Tierney plot
Sharon "Jane" Smith age 78 of Las Cruces, NM on September 6, 2022 died while in the care of the health care professionals of Mayo Clinic, Methodist Hospital, Palliative Care Unit in Rochester, Minnesota with her daughter Liana and husband Joe present. Jane believes in the Communion of Saints and through God's grace the forgiveness of sins; she looks forward to the resurrection of her body and life everlasting.
She met Joe on a blind date in 1962. She showered Joe with blessings through the Sacrament of Matrimony at Sacred Heart Church in Charleston, WV on May 31, 1966 for 56 years. They loved, worshiped, lived, played, camped, prayed and worked in Michigan for over 35 years; blessed with two daughters Laura (Andrew) Parkin and Liana Smith. Proud grandparents of Douglas and Brandon Laird.
Jane, born on November 24, 1943 at her home in Walton, WV was Baptized, received her first Reconciliation and first Holy Communion in 1966 in Huntington, WV.
Joe and Jane were blessed by a Worldwide Marriage encounter January 18 -20, 1985 in Jackson, Michigan.
Jane was an X-ray technician and then devoted her time and talents to raising her two daughters.
Jane's parents, Bruce and Elizabeth (Arthur) Humphreys, and her brother Bill predeceased her. Her sisters Evelyn McCarty, Carlisle, KY, Patricia (Fred) Elswick, Charleston, WV, brother Bob Humphreys, Hurricane, WV and many nieces and nephews survive.
A member of St. Albert the Great Newman Parish in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Jane is thankful for the priests and parishioners that have supported her.
Father Higgs officiated the Vigil at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston WV at 7:30 PM Friday September 9, and the Funeral Mass at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston, West Virginia at 11AM Saturday September 10. There was a Rite of Committal in the open air chapel immediately following the Funeral Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: Mayo Clinic Department of Development for Palliative Care Rochester. 200 1st Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 or
St. Albert the Great Newman Center 2615 S Solano Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001
City of Charleston West Virginia. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Section 4 plot 33 to the right of Mary Kathryn Tierney Smith and to the left of Francis Tierney.
Note: Using Farnsworth Dr, Pass Spring Hill Mausoleum. Turn Right. Turn Left on Settle Rd. Pass Scruggs Addition E. On Right, see Catholic cemetery sign. Pass the trees and bushes. About three plots, beyond see Tierney plot
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SMITH SHARON JANE HUMPHREYS NOV 24 1943
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Tierney plot first used with burial of child, Marguerite, in 1919.
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