Julina L. Smith
Born: 18 June 1849
Called as Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency: 3 October 1910
Released: 2 April 1921
Died: 10 January 1936
Called as Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency: 3 October 1910
Released: 2 April 1921
Died: 10 January 1936
Biographical Articles
Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 4
Young Woman's Journal, April 1893, Julina L. Smith - Worker in the Endowment House
Relief Society Magazine, February 1936, Passing of Julina L. Smith
Young Woman's Journal, April 1893, Julina L. Smith - Worker in the Endowment House
Relief Society Magazine, February 1936, Passing of Julina L. Smith
Jenson, Andrew. "Smith, Julina L." Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 4. pg. 68-70, 197.
SMITH, Julina Lambson, member of the General Board of the Relief Society from October 6, 1892, to April 2, 1921, was born June 18, 1849, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Alfred Boaz and Melissa Jane Bigler Lambson. Her parents were pioneers of 1847, and on the journey across the plains her father, who was an excellent mechanic, was invaluable to the company in which he traveled. Many nights while crossing the plains he was called out to mend broken wagons and make repairs which required all of his attention until early morning, so that the journey could be continued without delay. It was said of him by members of the company that without his assistance the company could not have succeeded in crossing the plains. The mother of Julina is the youngest sister of Bathsheba W. Smith, who for years presided over the Relief Society of the Church. The Lambson home in Salt Lake City, which was finished in 1848, was the first house plastered in Salt Lake City. As lime could not be had, a mixture of clay and sand mingled with hair clipped from the backs of cows and oxen, was used. When the house was torn down after seventy-five years of service, the plaster was still firm on the walls and ceilings. The nails used in the home were all made by Elder Lambson on his own anvil from wagon tires. The lumber he hauled from Red Butte Canyon east of Salt Lake City. He also forged all the mill irons used in the first mills built in Utah, excepting one built by Isaac Chase in which the irons were brought across the plains.
Julina’s oldest sister, Melissa Jane, later Mrs. Albert W. Davis, was born in a dugout at Winter Quarters shortly before her parents began crossing the plains. Soon after the birth of the third daughter, Edna, who was born March 3, 1851, Alfred B. Lambson left his little family and filled a mission to the West Indies. When Johnston’s Army was approaching Salt Lake City, and the inhabitants of that city moved south, the Lambson family also took up their journey and most of them located temporarily at Nephi. Those were trying days and in her early girlhood, Julina experienced all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, in company with other early residents of Utah. Many were the days when wheat flour could not be obtained, and the Lambson children were forced to eat corn bread dry or home-made molasses or a little grease. From her childhood until the time of her marriage her home was made most of the time with her uncle, President George A. Smith, who was at the time Historian of the Church, and in whose home the records of the Church were kept. It was there that she met Joseph F. Smith, who was at the time employed in the Historian’s Office as a clerk. In 1866, May 5th, she was married to Elder Smith, who later was chosen as one of the Apostles and destined to become the President of the Church. This union was blessed with eleven children, namely, Mercy Josephine, Mary Sophronia, Donette, Joseph Fielding, David Asael, George Carlos, Julina Clarissa, Elias Wesley, Emily Jane, Rachel and Edith Elenor. Her husband married other wives and provided for them separate homes as readily as his means would permit. The old Smith home, 333 West 1st North Street, Salt Lake City, was built piecemeal, a room being added at a time. Yet it was one of the very substantial two-story buildings in the city. This was the home of Julina Lambson Smith and her family until Pres. Smith moved her and her unmarried children to the Bee-Hive House about 1903. The wives, although provided with separate homes, always helped each other, and learned to love each other dearly. In times of sickness they assisted each other, and in times of health rejoiced together and worked side by side with their husband. For a number of years Sister Smith acted as a midwife, having graduated and having been commissioned in this practice. She was instrumental, not only in bringing the children of her husband’s other wives into the world, but in bringing hundreds of other children, with remarkable success. Her younger sister, Edna, who was also a wife of Pres. Joseph F. Smith, also practiced successfully in this calling. How different were those days! Not only did these sisters attend women in confinement, but acted as nurses a good part of the time for the women on whom they waited, and all for the handsome sum of five, or at most ten dollars.
When the first Retrenchment Society was organized in Salt Lake City, Sister Smith was chosen to act as president of that organization, June 25, 1870, in the 16th Ward, Salt Lake City. Nearly all of the meetings were held in her home. While she was a member of the General Board of Relief Society she started the burial clothes department January 4,1912, by the request of the board and the First Presidency. She was one of the ordinance workers in the Endowment House, and when the Salt Lake Temple was built she was among those originally called to labor in that building and was duly set apart. This position she held rendering faithful service until 1925, when she met with a painful accident, breaking her hip, which compelled her to retire.
During the anti-polygamy raids, her husband, then one of the Apostles, was asked to take charge of the records of the Church, for there was great fear that they might fall into the hands of the enemies of the people. While this commission was upon him, he was sent to the Hawaiian Islands, where he had performed his first mission in his early youth, and Sister Julina accompanied him with a baby only one year old, leaving five of her children at home. During their sojourn on the islands, which lasted two long years, Elias Wesley was born. He presided over the Hawaiian Mission, his native land, from 1919 to 1922, having previously filled a mission there. Sister Smith preceded her husband back to Salt Lake City where with her two little children she again took up her labors with her united family. She was a charter member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and served as a captain of Ten for some time. Besides being the mother of eleven children, she has up to the year 1934, seventy-two grand-children and a large number of great-grandchildren.
The scenes of Sister Julina Smith's life have changed much during the past fifty years. Many homes now shelter those who once lived in the old Smith home. Even now, she says, she can hear the prattle of happy children as they engage in play in her large living room and in the spacious lot upon which the homes were built; the memory of trials, sickness and tribulations, as well as many joys, are also readily recalled. She recalls that when night came on, and the husband and father was home, he went from bed to bed saying good night and tucking in each child for a peaceful night's rest, and how the children gathered in for family prayers. Many and happy are the memories of the old home, still preserved and the headquarters for the West Side Seminary of the Church.
SMITH, Julina Lambson, member of the General Board of Relief Society from 1892 to 1921 and second counselor in the presidency of that organization from 1910 to 1921, died in Salt Lake City, Jan. 10, 1936. (See page 68.)
SMITH, Julina Lambson, member of the General Board of the Relief Society from October 6, 1892, to April 2, 1921, was born June 18, 1849, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Alfred Boaz and Melissa Jane Bigler Lambson. Her parents were pioneers of 1847, and on the journey across the plains her father, who was an excellent mechanic, was invaluable to the company in which he traveled. Many nights while crossing the plains he was called out to mend broken wagons and make repairs which required all of his attention until early morning, so that the journey could be continued without delay. It was said of him by members of the company that without his assistance the company could not have succeeded in crossing the plains. The mother of Julina is the youngest sister of Bathsheba W. Smith, who for years presided over the Relief Society of the Church. The Lambson home in Salt Lake City, which was finished in 1848, was the first house plastered in Salt Lake City. As lime could not be had, a mixture of clay and sand mingled with hair clipped from the backs of cows and oxen, was used. When the house was torn down after seventy-five years of service, the plaster was still firm on the walls and ceilings. The nails used in the home were all made by Elder Lambson on his own anvil from wagon tires. The lumber he hauled from Red Butte Canyon east of Salt Lake City. He also forged all the mill irons used in the first mills built in Utah, excepting one built by Isaac Chase in which the irons were brought across the plains.
Julina’s oldest sister, Melissa Jane, later Mrs. Albert W. Davis, was born in a dugout at Winter Quarters shortly before her parents began crossing the plains. Soon after the birth of the third daughter, Edna, who was born March 3, 1851, Alfred B. Lambson left his little family and filled a mission to the West Indies. When Johnston’s Army was approaching Salt Lake City, and the inhabitants of that city moved south, the Lambson family also took up their journey and most of them located temporarily at Nephi. Those were trying days and in her early girlhood, Julina experienced all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, in company with other early residents of Utah. Many were the days when wheat flour could not be obtained, and the Lambson children were forced to eat corn bread dry or home-made molasses or a little grease. From her childhood until the time of her marriage her home was made most of the time with her uncle, President George A. Smith, who was at the time Historian of the Church, and in whose home the records of the Church were kept. It was there that she met Joseph F. Smith, who was at the time employed in the Historian’s Office as a clerk. In 1866, May 5th, she was married to Elder Smith, who later was chosen as one of the Apostles and destined to become the President of the Church. This union was blessed with eleven children, namely, Mercy Josephine, Mary Sophronia, Donette, Joseph Fielding, David Asael, George Carlos, Julina Clarissa, Elias Wesley, Emily Jane, Rachel and Edith Elenor. Her husband married other wives and provided for them separate homes as readily as his means would permit. The old Smith home, 333 West 1st North Street, Salt Lake City, was built piecemeal, a room being added at a time. Yet it was one of the very substantial two-story buildings in the city. This was the home of Julina Lambson Smith and her family until Pres. Smith moved her and her unmarried children to the Bee-Hive House about 1903. The wives, although provided with separate homes, always helped each other, and learned to love each other dearly. In times of sickness they assisted each other, and in times of health rejoiced together and worked side by side with their husband. For a number of years Sister Smith acted as a midwife, having graduated and having been commissioned in this practice. She was instrumental, not only in bringing the children of her husband’s other wives into the world, but in bringing hundreds of other children, with remarkable success. Her younger sister, Edna, who was also a wife of Pres. Joseph F. Smith, also practiced successfully in this calling. How different were those days! Not only did these sisters attend women in confinement, but acted as nurses a good part of the time for the women on whom they waited, and all for the handsome sum of five, or at most ten dollars.
When the first Retrenchment Society was organized in Salt Lake City, Sister Smith was chosen to act as president of that organization, June 25, 1870, in the 16th Ward, Salt Lake City. Nearly all of the meetings were held in her home. While she was a member of the General Board of Relief Society she started the burial clothes department January 4,1912, by the request of the board and the First Presidency. She was one of the ordinance workers in the Endowment House, and when the Salt Lake Temple was built she was among those originally called to labor in that building and was duly set apart. This position she held rendering faithful service until 1925, when she met with a painful accident, breaking her hip, which compelled her to retire.
During the anti-polygamy raids, her husband, then one of the Apostles, was asked to take charge of the records of the Church, for there was great fear that they might fall into the hands of the enemies of the people. While this commission was upon him, he was sent to the Hawaiian Islands, where he had performed his first mission in his early youth, and Sister Julina accompanied him with a baby only one year old, leaving five of her children at home. During their sojourn on the islands, which lasted two long years, Elias Wesley was born. He presided over the Hawaiian Mission, his native land, from 1919 to 1922, having previously filled a mission there. Sister Smith preceded her husband back to Salt Lake City where with her two little children she again took up her labors with her united family. She was a charter member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and served as a captain of Ten for some time. Besides being the mother of eleven children, she has up to the year 1934, seventy-two grand-children and a large number of great-grandchildren.
The scenes of Sister Julina Smith's life have changed much during the past fifty years. Many homes now shelter those who once lived in the old Smith home. Even now, she says, she can hear the prattle of happy children as they engage in play in her large living room and in the spacious lot upon which the homes were built; the memory of trials, sickness and tribulations, as well as many joys, are also readily recalled. She recalls that when night came on, and the husband and father was home, he went from bed to bed saying good night and tucking in each child for a peaceful night's rest, and how the children gathered in for family prayers. Many and happy are the memories of the old home, still preserved and the headquarters for the West Side Seminary of the Church.
SMITH, Julina Lambson, member of the General Board of Relief Society from 1892 to 1921 and second counselor in the presidency of that organization from 1910 to 1921, died in Salt Lake City, Jan. 10, 1936. (See page 68.)
"Julina L. Smith - Worker in the Endowment House." Young Woman's Journal. April 1893. pg. 296-298.
JULINA L. SMITH.
WORKER IN THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE.
Is the daughter of Alfred B. and Melissa J. Lambson, and was born June 18th, 1849, in Salt Lake City. Her parents came to Utah in 1847, and built one of the first houses outside of the “Old Fort,” in which they still reside, situated on the corner of what is now North Temple and First West streets, where Julina was born.
Sister Lambson is the seventh and youngest daughter of Mark and Susannah Bigler. She was born March 24th, 1825, in Harrison County, West Virginia, and is the mother of three daughters and one son.
In September, 1852, Julina’s father went on a mission to the West Indies, returning home in 1854. In 1856 he went back East, leaving his little family somewhat poorly provided for, as in those early days everything was new, and supplies were scarce in Utah. In 1856, at the age of seven years, Julina commenced living with her aunt, Sister Bathsheba W. Smith, who at that time had two children, named respectively for their parents, George A. and Bathsheba, both of whom were several years her seniors. She continued to live with her aunt Bathsheba until the spring of 1858, when she returned to her mother, who, with her children, was under the necessity of moving South with the rest of the Saints, to seek a refuge from the destruction threatened them by the approaching army of the United States, which was then hovering upon the eastern borders of the Territory.
They journeyed southward as far as Nephi, Juab County, where they found temporary shelter with her uncle, Jacob G. Bigler, who was then Bishop of Nephi, and is now’ a Patriarch in the Church in the Juab Stake of Zion. However, she did not remain there long, for she had become exceedingly attached to her uncle George A., and aunt Bathsheba, and notwithstanding she loved her mother, brothers and sisters very much, she suffered extreme home-sickness in her separation from her uncle and aunt, and found no peace of mind until she started on her way back to Provo, where she arrived on her ninth birthday anniversary, and with such pleasure as she had not experienced for many a long day, and with tears of joy she could not repress, sought out and found her uncle George A. and his family. They received her as one of their own children, and with them she contentedly and happily remained until May 5th, 1866, when, at the age of seventeen, she became the happy wife of the man of her choice, Joseph F. Smith.
Directly after her husband (or he who was to be) had asked permission of Brother George A. to pay his addresses to her, her uncle went to her and said: “My girl, do not marry until you find some one you love as well as you do your uncle George." She fully understood the meaning of this kind and generous sentiment, for she knew he loved her as he did one of his own children, and he knew full well how truly she loved him, as her uncle, her protector, and her truest and best friend. She removed at once, after marriage, to her husband’s home in the Sixteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, where she has resided ever since. On June 6th, 1870, she suffered the saddest affliction of her life in the death of her firstborn, an unusually bright and beautiful little girl, who died at the age of two years and ten months.
On the 24th of the same month she was chosen President of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of the Sixteenth Ward, and for several years took pleasure in her labors in this capacity and in such other matters of public interest to women as she was invited to take part in. But in time her family increased upon her hands, and domestic responsibilities multiplied until she was compelled to surrender her public duties and to refrain from constant labors outside of her home circle.
However, in 1873 she was called to assist at the Endowment House, principally to provide the mid-day meals for the workers but frequently taking part in the ceremonies and services of the House, often filling the place of an absentee, or relieving the weary and assisting on crowded occasions as necessity required. In this capacity she continued to labor until the House was closed in 1884. She visited St. George, and was present at the dedication of the temple there in the spring of 1877. In December, 1884, when the anti-Mormon crusade began in earnest, she accompanied her husband to Oregon; but in the latter part of the month she returned home, and in February, 1885, following she joined him in San Francisco, leaving her five little children at home, taking only her baby, Julina C., nearly one year old, with her, and together with her husband, her brother-in-law, Bishop A. W. Davis, Bishop George Romney and others, sailed for the Sandwich Islands on a mission, where she remained until March, 1887, when she started on her return home. On April 21, 1876, her son, Elias W., was born at Laie, and in September, same year, her daughter, Donnette, came to the islands with her aunt, Melissa J. Davis (along with a company of Elders on their way to New Zealand), on a visit to her father and mother; so that on Sister Julina’s journey homeward she had the care of her three children upon her hands, having left her husband in Honolulu. Grateful indeed was she once more to be at home, with all her children around her, a privilege of which she had been denied for more than two years.
From 1872 to 1874 she studied obstetrics, attending the lectures of Drs. R. B. Pratt and M. Barker, and was selected as one of a number of young women to go East to study medicine, but declined this honor out of consideration for her husband and family. In 1875 she commenced the duties of midwife, and has followed the practice at the urgent solicitations of her neighbors and friends as her own condition and circumstances would permit.
She has skillfully and successfully presided over the advent of scores of children into the world, and has been wonderfully favored and prospered in her labors in this direction. Although in consequence of the responsibilities of her own household, she has never solicited patronage, and has been obliged to turn away many who have sought her services.
She is now the mother of ten children, nine of whom are living, eight of them having been baptized at eight years old, and are happily enjoying the blessings of peace in the old home, loving their parents and the gospel of Christ, so far as they have reached the years of understanding, and in heartfelt sympathy and union with the people of God and the great latter-day work.
JULINA L. SMITH.
WORKER IN THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE.
Is the daughter of Alfred B. and Melissa J. Lambson, and was born June 18th, 1849, in Salt Lake City. Her parents came to Utah in 1847, and built one of the first houses outside of the “Old Fort,” in which they still reside, situated on the corner of what is now North Temple and First West streets, where Julina was born.
Sister Lambson is the seventh and youngest daughter of Mark and Susannah Bigler. She was born March 24th, 1825, in Harrison County, West Virginia, and is the mother of three daughters and one son.
In September, 1852, Julina’s father went on a mission to the West Indies, returning home in 1854. In 1856 he went back East, leaving his little family somewhat poorly provided for, as in those early days everything was new, and supplies were scarce in Utah. In 1856, at the age of seven years, Julina commenced living with her aunt, Sister Bathsheba W. Smith, who at that time had two children, named respectively for their parents, George A. and Bathsheba, both of whom were several years her seniors. She continued to live with her aunt Bathsheba until the spring of 1858, when she returned to her mother, who, with her children, was under the necessity of moving South with the rest of the Saints, to seek a refuge from the destruction threatened them by the approaching army of the United States, which was then hovering upon the eastern borders of the Territory.
They journeyed southward as far as Nephi, Juab County, where they found temporary shelter with her uncle, Jacob G. Bigler, who was then Bishop of Nephi, and is now’ a Patriarch in the Church in the Juab Stake of Zion. However, she did not remain there long, for she had become exceedingly attached to her uncle George A., and aunt Bathsheba, and notwithstanding she loved her mother, brothers and sisters very much, she suffered extreme home-sickness in her separation from her uncle and aunt, and found no peace of mind until she started on her way back to Provo, where she arrived on her ninth birthday anniversary, and with such pleasure as she had not experienced for many a long day, and with tears of joy she could not repress, sought out and found her uncle George A. and his family. They received her as one of their own children, and with them she contentedly and happily remained until May 5th, 1866, when, at the age of seventeen, she became the happy wife of the man of her choice, Joseph F. Smith.
Directly after her husband (or he who was to be) had asked permission of Brother George A. to pay his addresses to her, her uncle went to her and said: “My girl, do not marry until you find some one you love as well as you do your uncle George." She fully understood the meaning of this kind and generous sentiment, for she knew he loved her as he did one of his own children, and he knew full well how truly she loved him, as her uncle, her protector, and her truest and best friend. She removed at once, after marriage, to her husband’s home in the Sixteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, where she has resided ever since. On June 6th, 1870, she suffered the saddest affliction of her life in the death of her firstborn, an unusually bright and beautiful little girl, who died at the age of two years and ten months.
On the 24th of the same month she was chosen President of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of the Sixteenth Ward, and for several years took pleasure in her labors in this capacity and in such other matters of public interest to women as she was invited to take part in. But in time her family increased upon her hands, and domestic responsibilities multiplied until she was compelled to surrender her public duties and to refrain from constant labors outside of her home circle.
However, in 1873 she was called to assist at the Endowment House, principally to provide the mid-day meals for the workers but frequently taking part in the ceremonies and services of the House, often filling the place of an absentee, or relieving the weary and assisting on crowded occasions as necessity required. In this capacity she continued to labor until the House was closed in 1884. She visited St. George, and was present at the dedication of the temple there in the spring of 1877. In December, 1884, when the anti-Mormon crusade began in earnest, she accompanied her husband to Oregon; but in the latter part of the month she returned home, and in February, 1885, following she joined him in San Francisco, leaving her five little children at home, taking only her baby, Julina C., nearly one year old, with her, and together with her husband, her brother-in-law, Bishop A. W. Davis, Bishop George Romney and others, sailed for the Sandwich Islands on a mission, where she remained until March, 1887, when she started on her return home. On April 21, 1876, her son, Elias W., was born at Laie, and in September, same year, her daughter, Donnette, came to the islands with her aunt, Melissa J. Davis (along with a company of Elders on their way to New Zealand), on a visit to her father and mother; so that on Sister Julina’s journey homeward she had the care of her three children upon her hands, having left her husband in Honolulu. Grateful indeed was she once more to be at home, with all her children around her, a privilege of which she had been denied for more than two years.
From 1872 to 1874 she studied obstetrics, attending the lectures of Drs. R. B. Pratt and M. Barker, and was selected as one of a number of young women to go East to study medicine, but declined this honor out of consideration for her husband and family. In 1875 she commenced the duties of midwife, and has followed the practice at the urgent solicitations of her neighbors and friends as her own condition and circumstances would permit.
She has skillfully and successfully presided over the advent of scores of children into the world, and has been wonderfully favored and prospered in her labors in this direction. Although in consequence of the responsibilities of her own household, she has never solicited patronage, and has been obliged to turn away many who have sought her services.
She is now the mother of ten children, nine of whom are living, eight of them having been baptized at eight years old, and are happily enjoying the blessings of peace in the old home, loving their parents and the gospel of Christ, so far as they have reached the years of understanding, and in heartfelt sympathy and union with the people of God and the great latter-day work.
"Passing of Julina L. Smith." Relief Society Magazine. February 1936. pg. 130.
Passing of Julina L. Smith
AT the ripe age of 86 Sister Julina Lamson Smith died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Donnette Smith Kesler, Friday, January 10, 1936. Sister Smith was the wife of President Joseph F. Smith and ever stood by his side aiding him in whatever he undertook to do. She was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom survive her, among them Joseph Fielding Smith, of the Council of the Twelve and David A. Smith, First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric. 72 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren are left to honor her.
In addition to her work as wife and mother, which was always well done, she labored for thirty years in the Relief Society Organization, serving as a member of the General Board from 1892 ’til 1921. For years she was counselor to President Emmeline B. Wells. She established the burial clothes department while she was in office. She was one of the signers of the Articles of Incorporation.
After working for a long time in the Endowment House, she was among the first called to labor in the Salt Lake Temple.
She was a successful obstetrician and many mothers bless her for her able and systematic help.
Sister Smith once said:
"A woman who would make a success of her life must endeavor to make her home an altar of peace, love and companionship. Her husband should rest confident in her gentle solicitude, and her children trust in her unfailing wisdom. Such an ideal does not imply wealth, education nor brilliant gifts. Faith, affection, fidelity, industry, and above all, integrity, constitute the requirements for such a happy woman’s life and success.” Those who knew her most intimately will testify that she in her life exemplified this preachment.
Sister Smith was firm in her conviction, kindly in her attitude, devoted to her family, friends and the Church. Her sons and daughters have a rich legacy bequeathed to them from this noble woman and their illustrious father.
Passing of Julina L. Smith
AT the ripe age of 86 Sister Julina Lamson Smith died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Donnette Smith Kesler, Friday, January 10, 1936. Sister Smith was the wife of President Joseph F. Smith and ever stood by his side aiding him in whatever he undertook to do. She was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom survive her, among them Joseph Fielding Smith, of the Council of the Twelve and David A. Smith, First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric. 72 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren are left to honor her.
In addition to her work as wife and mother, which was always well done, she labored for thirty years in the Relief Society Organization, serving as a member of the General Board from 1892 ’til 1921. For years she was counselor to President Emmeline B. Wells. She established the burial clothes department while she was in office. She was one of the signers of the Articles of Incorporation.
After working for a long time in the Endowment House, she was among the first called to labor in the Salt Lake Temple.
She was a successful obstetrician and many mothers bless her for her able and systematic help.
Sister Smith once said:
"A woman who would make a success of her life must endeavor to make her home an altar of peace, love and companionship. Her husband should rest confident in her gentle solicitude, and her children trust in her unfailing wisdom. Such an ideal does not imply wealth, education nor brilliant gifts. Faith, affection, fidelity, industry, and above all, integrity, constitute the requirements for such a happy woman’s life and success.” Those who knew her most intimately will testify that she in her life exemplified this preachment.
Sister Smith was firm in her conviction, kindly in her attitude, devoted to her family, friends and the Church. Her sons and daughters have a rich legacy bequeathed to them from this noble woman and their illustrious father.