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Sheridan County ObituariesSmith, Patricia 'Pat' Ann PapeSheridan Press, December 16, 2000 Patricia
“Pat” Ann Smith, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at
Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County. Services are 10 a.m. Monday
at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Ray Clark
and the Rev. David Duprey officiating. Interment will follow in
the Elks Cemetery in Sheridan. Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 5, 1929,
in Johnstown, Penn., to Delbert H. and Neila Nelson Pape. The
family moved to Sheridan in 1938 where she attended Linden Grade
School and graduated from Sheridan High School. She then went on
to Northwestern University and was a member of Alfa Xi Delta,
social sorority. She was a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church. For more than 20 years, she was an active member of the
Sheridan County Republican Central Committee as a committeewoman,
secretary, vice chairman and chairman. She was the first woman to
have the position of chairman and also was an alternate to the
national convention in 1972. She went through the chairs of the
Wyoming Federation of Republican Women and became president of
the organization in 1973. She was listed in “Who’s Who
in American Politics” and “Who’s Who of American
Women.” In later years, she became interested in family
genealogy and wrote a book entitled “Our Part of the Hon
Family.” She also helped with two other books on the family
genealogy. She was preceded in death by her son, Steven Nelson
Smith; her sister, Mary Jane Maury; and her parents. Survivors
include two sons, Thomas A. Smith, Sheridan, and David M. Smith
of Los Angeles. Memorials are suggested to the Sheridan County
Fulmer Public Library in care of Kay Roush at First Federal
Savings and Loan, 46 W. Brundage, Sheridan, WY 82801. This obituary was coded by Kathie Macdonald, and we thank her for her hard work! If you have Sheridan County
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