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            <text>SMITH, Marilyn - Passed away peacefully, on February 27th, 1997 at her home in Crescent Beach, Fort Erie in her 63rd year, after a two-and-a-half-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Beloved wife of Ted and mother to Lee Ann (Keith) Mills of Prince Albert, Jeff (Butch) and Sherry of Black Creek, Cory (Cheryl) of Barrie, Tami (Cameron) McCallum and Jodi (Chad) Gates of Fort Erie. Daughter of Roy (deceased) and Margaret Raycroft of Black Creek and sister to Barbara (Jerry) Murphy of Houston, Texas. Loving grandmother of Chris, Kyla and Brianne. Marilyn was a licensed hairdresser who obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brock University. She taught cosmetology at Lord Elgin Vocational School in Niagara Falls, Eastdale Secondary School in Welland and Fort Erie Secondary School. She retired from F.E.S.S., as a librarian in June 1993. Marilyn will be deeply missed by her family, friends and all her students whose lives she touched guided and influenced over her lifetime. Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of THE WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME Saturday afternoon at 1:30. Interment took place in McAffee Cemetery. </text>
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