Jeanette A Smithson

ILION – HERKIMER – Mrs. Jeanette A. Smithson, 92, passed away on Tuesday April 17, 2018. She was born on September 2, 1925 in Frankfort , NY , a daughter of the late Frank and Zayda (Blunt) Fragale. She was a 1943 Graduate of Mohawk High School and attended Utica Memorial Hospital RN program of which she also was a Graduate. Her marriage to George Smithson took place November 16, 1946 in Ilion , NY ; a blessed union of nearly 52 years until the passing of George on August 1, 1998. Jeanette was a Registered Nurse, namely at Ilion Hospital and as well for Dr. Weeden and Dr. Applegate. She dedicated 38 years to her nursing profession, retiring in 1984. She was a former member of the Church of Annunciation and was dedicated to her family. She loved to read and was an excellent cook.

She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Robert Wright of Herkimer and a son and daughter-in-law, David and Mary Anne Smithson of Baldwinsville, NY, a sister, Eleanor Scalise of Herkimer, her grandchildren, Jillian Wright of Yonkers, NY, Sarah Barrett and her husband Eric of Williston, Vermont, and Peter Smithson and wife Nina of Ashburn, Virginia, great-grandchildren Jacob and Allison Barrett and Vivian and Dean Smithson, a sister-in-law, Hilda Wright of Ilion, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday April 19, 2018 at 9:00 AM at The Church of Annunciation, Ilion , NY where her Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated. Interment will take place later this spring at Armory Hill Cemetery , Ilion . There are no public calling hours. Arrangements are with the Applegate-Day & Enea Family Funeral Home, 102 West Street , Ilion , NY . Donations may be considered to either Homelife at Folts of Herkimer or to a charity of one’s choice in memory of Jeanette.

“Nurses Family” would like to thank Homelife at Folts for their loving, kind and simply outstanding compassionate care. The 3 ^rd Floor was wonderful and most recently the 1 ^st Floor.

Anyone wishing to share a memory of Jeanette, or add to her online memorial, may go to www.applegateandday.com.