Kathleen M. Smith

February 23, 1947 - April 30, 2015

Kathleen M. Smith, 68, of Benton Harbor died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 5, at the Fairplain Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in Benton Harbor. Burial will be at the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Watervliet. A visitation will be held from 5 PM to 8 PM on Monday with a Rosary at 7:00 PM at the Fairplain Chapel. Memorials may be to Hospice-At-Home. Share memories and pictures at www.florin.net. Kathleen was born in Jackson, MI to William and Palminia Martone Farley on February 23, 1947. She attended St. Joseph's Catholic Church in St. Joseph. Kathleen was known for her cooking and sewing. She also knitted and crocheted as well as raising miniature dachshunds. She had lived in the area for the past 35 years. She was a homemaker and a loving mother devoted entirely to her family. She is survived by daughter Laura (David) Gibson of Coloma, son Harry (Shawn) Smith Jr. of Stevensville and son John (Wendi) Smith of Jacksonville; FL. Kathleen has 11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Kathleen was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Wm. Smith, her brother, William Farley, and her sister, Mary Cobb.