September 16, 2011  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Walter H. Smith, 72, of Hodge Road, died Friday afternoon, Sept. 16, at his home, under the care of his companion, family and Lewis County Hospice.  

A funeral Mass will be said 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lowville, with Rev. Christopher Carrara, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Beaches Bridge Cemetery. A gathering at St. Peter’s Parish Hall will follow the burial. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville.

Born Jan. 15, 1939, at home on Mohawk Hill, a son of the late Aloysius and Inez Leffingwell Smith, he attended Constableville and West Leyden schools.  

Mr. Smith stayed with and worked for his uncle, LeRoy Stinebrickner, and worked on the family farm for 12 years.  

He married Wanda Hance on April 24, 1971, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lowville. Mrs. Smith died on March 10, 1993.  

He moved to Lowville and worked in the lumberyard and on the kilns for AMF for 32 ½ years, retiring in 2002.  

He enjoyed hunting and fishing, the outdoors and woodworking and most most of all, spending time with his family. 

Mr. Smith was a communicant of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Lowville. 

Surviving are two sons and their wives, James and Heather Smith, Colchester, Vt., and Walter Jr. and Mona Smith, Boonville; three grandchildren, Alexis, Derek and Justin; his longtime companion, Judy Orendorff, Lowville; two brothers, and their wives, Fredrick and Patsy Smith, Denmark, and Paul and Audrey Smith, Lowville; two sisters, Paul’s twin sister, Pauline Smith and her companion Andy Mason, Hammond, and Rosie Bauer, Syracuse; two half-brothers, Jerome Smith, Corning, and Robert Smith, Utica; two half-sisters, Dianne Cannan, Watson, and Marie Morley, Gloversville; an adopted brother, Douglas McLane, Deer River; his aunts, Rosemary Smith, Evelyn Mizgala, Bernice Harrington and Gladys Leffingwell; nieces, nephews and cousins.  

His wife, Wanda Smith and two half-brothers, Duane and Harold Smith, all died before her.  

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Friends of Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY 13367.  

Condolences may be made online at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com. 





Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.