Anna E. Smith

Anna E. Smith , 90, lifelong resident of Mahanoy Plane, passed away peacefully on Sunday evening at home surrounded by her loving family who were her pride and joy.

Born in Mahanoy Plane, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Julia Kerrigan Griffin.

A 1945 graduate of Gilberton High School, she loved planning and organizing her class reunions.

She was a member of St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Church, Frackville, the Catholic Daughters of Frackville and Girardville and the LAOH Division 18 Daughters of Erin, Girardville.

Anna was strong in her Catholic faith and Irish heritage, lighting up the room with her personality wherever she went. She loved bingo, trips to the casino, sweets and bragging about her big family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert J. Smith and her sister Mary Dallatore.

Anna is survived by her seven children: Robert and his wife Colleen Smith, Elizabethtown, Partick and his wife Dot Smith, Harrisburg, Maureen and her husband Mark Cannon, Manassas, VA, Jule Ann and her husband Joseph Joyce, Mahanoy Plane, Colleen and her husband Kevin Joyce, Ringtown, Sr. Donna Marie Smith D.C., Wilmington, DE and Elizabeth Smith of Wallingford; her brother David and his wife Rose Griffin, Harrisburg; her 12 loving grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. from St. Ann's Church, 49 N. Line Street Frackville, PA with Rev. Robert Finlan, pastor, as the celebrant. Friends may call at the Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, 403 W. Main Street Girardville, on Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. and again on Saturday morning from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Interment will be held in Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery, Englewood, Frackville.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers contributions be made, in Anna's name, to St. Peter Cathedral School at 310 W. 6 ^th Street Wilmington, DE 19801