Clara Abicht Smith
Clara Pauline Abicht Smith, 89, of Marietta passed away Monday, May 22, 2017, at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She was born April 7, 1928, in Washington County, Ohio, a daughter of Edward Franklin Abicht and Ethel Alice Cuningham Abicht.
Clara attended Marietta city schools and Sandhill School at Reno and was a graduate of Marietta High School, Class of 1946.. She had been employed at Winan’s Hardware, Bonham’s of Marietta, The Airolite Company and was a childcare provider. She was a member of First Evangelical & Reformed Church of Muskingum Township and Highland Ridge Community Church in Lowell and a former member of Golden Gleam Council #254 Daughters of America.
On May 15, 1948, she married Robert Earl Smith who preceded her in death.
Clara is survived by her daughter Diana Lynn Boley and son-in-law Downer David Boley, grandson Downer Dustin Boley of Fleming and fiancé Teresa Ann Bryan, sister Lea Mae Powell, brother Ross Addison (Velma) Abicht, sisters-in-law Marcella Scott, Joan Rech, Dorothy Becker Smith, brothers-in-law, Earl J. (Joan) Smith and Richard (Dorothy) Stauch and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by infant granddaughter Baby Girl Boley, sister Thelma (Frank L.) Schau, brothers, Richard (Ruth Marie) Abicht and Orville William Abicht, brothers-in-law: William P. and Paul R. (Alta) Smith, John L. Rech, Walter Scott, George W. Powell, Jr., sisters-in-law Charlene Baker Abicht, nephews Alan William Abicht and Dean Schau, nieces Barbara Smith and Paula Powell and Alice Rasberry.
Graveside services will be held on Friday (May 26) at 11:00 am at Highland Ridge Cemetery with Don Hart officiating. McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home is assisting the family and messages of sympathy may be sent at www.Lankfordfh.com.