Mercedes Smith's Obituary
Survived by:
Harold (Harry) Hayward, son
Scott Smith, son in law
Curt Smith, son in law
Leslie Malo, daughter in law
Lisa Newman, daughter in law
LeAnna Muir, daughter in law
Lora Ryan, daughter in law
Heidimarie Blasche, niece
Gerhard Blasche, nephew
Shirley Peak, niece
Ginny Hutchinson, niece
Preceded by:
Harold Dutton Hayward, husband
Victoria Marie Hayward, daughter
Larry Smith, husband
Accomplishments:
University of Washington graduate; Teacher, Tacoma school district; President, Tacoma Garden Club; docent, Lakewold Gardens and Point Defiance native garden; member Tacoma Country and Golf club, Aloha Club, Deacon, Little Church on the Prairie; volunteer F.I.S.H food bank;
Mary Oliver quotes:
“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.”
“maybe death isn't darkness, after all, but so much light wrapping itself around us--”
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields…Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”
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