We Mourn The Loss Of Patricia Smith
The AIMMA was saddened
to learn of the death of Patricia (Patsy) Smith, loving wife of past
Executive Director and current Lifetime Honorary Member Bill Smith.
Patsy passed away on March 13, 2006 at the couple's home in Monterey,
California. After Bill's retirement as President of Allied Film and
Video, Patsy and he split their time between homes in Michigan and
California.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Bill, his children Scott, Wendy and
Kendall, and his four granddaughters. Arrangements for a spring memorial
service in Michigan will be announced at a later date. In lieu of
flowers, the Smith family requests contributions be made to Detroit
Public Television, 1 Clover Court, Wixom, MI 48393 or the Detroit
Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
Jad Porter
President
AIMMA
Patricia Morell Smith,
78, died peacefully surrounded by her family in Monterey, California on
Monday, March 13, 2006 following a brief illness.
The daughter of George and Athene Morell, she was born and raised in
Palo Alto, California and graduated from the University of Colorado in
1949.
In 1950, she married William Huston Smith of Evanston, Illinois in a
ceremony at the Stanford Memorial Chapel. The couple lived for a time in
Chicago, Illinois and Chesterton, Indiana before settling in Farmington
Hills, Michigan where they raised their family of three children, Scott,
Wendy and Kendall.
Patsy was active in civic affairs and was the first president of the
Farmington League of Women Voters and also served on the Farmington
School Board. She was an avid reader and an active supporter of the
Farmington Community Library, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Public Television and the Michigan
Opera Theatre.
While the couple also traveled extensively, they maintained a second
home in Carmel, California, Patsy's favorite place on earth. They spent
increasing amounts of time there following Bill’s retirement in 1998.
Patsy is survived by her husband, William H. Smith, a brother, Jack
Morell of Anaheim Hills, California and her three married children,
Scott Smith and his wife Marya Veeck of Chicago; Wendy and Paul
Kubitskey of Louisville, Kentucky; and Kendall and Kathryn Smith of
Mahopac, New York. She is also survived by four granddaughters, Brittany
Davies, Emily and Kaitlyn Kubitskey, and Melena Smith. She was preceded
in death by a brother, George Morell in 1986.
Arrangements for a Spring memorial service in Michigan will be announced
at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to
Detroit Public Television, 1 Clover Court Wixom, MI 48393 or the Detroit
Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
