Marie I. Smith

Marie I. Smith, 67, passed away on December 2, 2011. The family will greet friends on Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines with a prayer at 7 p.m.

Marie was born in Elma, Iowa on September 28, 1944 to Veronica (Polansky) and Henry Smith and graduated from New Hampton High School. Most of her career was spent caring for children, her own and those of others. She operated an in-home daycare for many years while her daughters were growing up. Marie was devoted to her family and she always put them first. As a single parent family times were tough, but the family found joy in simple pleasures. They didn’t have a car, but they found great joy in walking together to the store or to the A&W for a treat. Marie knew how to enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

Another great joy for Marie was the birth of her two sets of twin grandchildren in the same week. How many people can say they went from 2 to 6 biological grandchildren in one weeks’ time? Family was extremely important to Marie.

In later years, Marie worked for the New Hampton Community Hospital, a Mercy Hospital affiliate, and Mercy Hospital in Des Moines in the Environmental Services area.

Marie will be greatly missed by her daughters, Angela (Ivan) Steinlage and Jennifer Krome; grandchildren, Jacob, Nicholas and Ryan Steinlage, and Jimi, Kimberlee and Cooper Krome; sisters, Margaret George, Jeanette Dickhoff, Susan Miller and Teresa Klobassa; and brother Henry W. Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her sister, Monica.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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