Johanna Lee Smith

Johanna Lee (Mallaney) Smith of Palm Bay Florida, passed away, surrounded by her loving family, after a long illness. Josie was born June 5, 1941 and died August 17, 2013. She was the daughter of Raymond G. Mallaney and Myrtle May (Hamblin) Mallaney. Josie is survived by her husband of 51 years Victor Lee Smith of Palm Bay, FL, son Gregory Lee Smith of Midlothian, VA, daughter Lora Lee Smith Garcia of Tampa, FL and son Patrick Lee Smith and his wife Pamela Marie Cople Smith of Seattle, WA; a sister Marion (Mallaney) Smith of Palm Bay, FL a sister, Margaret (Mallaney) Baker-Chmura of Moosup, CT and niece Mari Lynn (Perry) Welch of Spotsylvania, VA. She leaves five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Josie’s most rewarding accomplishment aside from being a wonderful and much loved wife and mother, is the legacy she leaves in the form of the genealogical histories of the Mallaney/Hamblin and Smith/Chadwick families. She documented over 9000 family members and ancestors during her 40 years of genealogical work and was a member of several Genealogical societies in New England and New York. Her work will be added to the files of the Mormon Church of the Latter Day Saints where everyone will have free access to her work. Josie also contributed to findagrave.com where she managed over 900 family memorials. Josie also enjoyed travelling with the Wally Byam Caravan Club International.

Friends may call at Fountainhead Funeral Home, 7359 Babcock St., Palm Bay Wednesday (8/21) from 1:00 until the time of the funeral service which will begin at 5:30. Interment will be in the Glens Falls Bay Street Cemetery in Glens Falls, NY after a ceremony at the Baker Funeral Home on Lafayette Street, Queensbury, NY. For friends who wish, the family suggests memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, (https://donate.cancer.org/), P.O. Box 22718 Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718, in lieu of flowers.