SMITH, Elizabeth Anne “Libby” – 71, of Dartmouth, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2016 in the Victoria General Hospital Q E II. Born in 1944 to John Francis and Sophia Dorleska (Arnold) Marsters. She is the last surviving descendant of Seth Coleman, a Quaker who left England in 1744 to fish off the coast of Nantucket and then moved to Dartmouth with the establishment of the Nantucket Whaling Company in 1785. The family homestead in downtown Dartmouth for almost 200 years included the houses still standing on 77 King Street and 44 Ochterloney Street. Elizabeth was born and raised in Dartmouth until she was 15 years old, when she moved to Visalia, California with her mother, following the untimely death of her father in 1960. She earned an A. A. degree from the College of Sequoias in Visalia, CA in 1964 and a B.A. from C.S.U. Fresno, CA in 1967. In 1995 she earned a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Campbell, CA. During her life she lived in three different countries: Canada, the United States and England. In Canada, she worked for the Social Work Dept. of the Rideau Regional Hospital School in Smiths Falls, Ontario; Manpower in Whitehorse, Yukon; Canada Post in Telegraph Creek, B.C. and Gjoa Haven, N.W.T. In England, she worked in the Greater London Area for the Dept. of Employment, taught school in Romford, Essex and Ealing, London and worked in a library in Hammersmith. In the United States she worked for the Dept. of Social Services and the Family Support Division of the District Attorney’s Office. Elizabeth married Peter and returned to her birthplace after her retirement in 1997. She is survived by her loving husband Peter, son; Jamie Peter (Lori Spence) Smith of Hamilton, ON. On her mother’s side, she is survived by two cousins, Marie Ann Wright, of Stockton, California and Ralph Montgomery Arnold of Mexico and their families. A graveside burial will take place at 11am on Monday, May 9, in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the corner of Victoria Road and Nantucket. Rev. Fred Snyder officiating. No flowers by request, donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be viewed or sent to: www.mattatallfuneralhome.
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