Jane Anita (Archer) Smith

Jane Anita (Archer) Smith, 89 who was born to Elmer E. Archer and Florence (Longphre) Archer on April 6 1925 in Los Angeles, CA, passed away on December 7, 2014 in Prescott, Arizona. The Archer family moved to San Diego where Jane grew up and graduated from San Diego High School in 1943. She earned her degree and teachers certificate from San Diego State College in 1947. She met Walter M. Smith in San Diego and the two were married on June 19, 1948. The couple lived and worked in San Diego for the next 37 years where they raised their three sons. Jane moved to Prescott in 1990 where she became very active in her church community, volunteering many hours as a Eucharistic Minister at Sacred Heart Parish and with the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Prescott. Jane was preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Walter Morse Smith MD. She is survived by her children, Walter M. Smith Jr. and wife Carol E. (Pedersen) Smith of San Diego, CA, Paul B. Smith and wife Leslie K. (Cheever) Smith of Prescott, AZ and David A. Smith and wife Sylvia S. (DeHoff) Smith of Fresno, CA.; eight grandchildren, Brian Smith, Kevin (Rachel) Smith, Sarah (Tim) Snyder, Jeremy (Dana) Smith, Michael (Diana) Smith, Steven Smith, Jeffery Smith and James (Carrie) Smith; and nine great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Harper and Carson Snyder, Ryan and Kori Smith, Sofia, Madeline and Jacob Smith and Jack Smith.