Loretta Smith

Loretta V. Smith passed away peacefully Christmas night, 2014 in Yakima, WA. She was born December 12, 1921 in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota to John and Ella Radonski. She worked in a bakery, at the Jansen swimsuit company in Portland, OR as a seamstress and as a waitress in various restaurants. Loretta worked hard all her life to raise her three children. She also took care of her elderly mother, her younger brother and her younger sister as they each became ill. After retiring she took square dance lessons (her grandson Mathew was her partner.) Later she started line dancing and eventually volunteered to teach it at the Senior Center in Hoquiam, WA. Loretta had several hobbies. She crocheted and made many doilies, which she shared with her family. She was an expert seamstress and made most of her own clothes. She also knitted several sweaters for herself. Quilting was a favorite hobby and she made many quilts for family members. Her family was very important to her.

Loretta was preceded in death by an infant son; her parents; three siblings and a grandson.

She is survived by her children and their spouses, Delbert (Mae) Smith, Oakley, KS, Alona (Chuck) Kilwien, Yakima, WA and Darrel (Merna) Smith, Yakima, WA; ten grandchildren and twenty on great grandchildren.

A memorial service will take place at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the Gateway Fellowship, Oakley. Memorials are suggested to the Gateway Fellowship in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 204, Oakley, KS 67748. Online condolences: www.baalmannmortuary.com