Cleta Jane Smick

SMICK — Cleta Jane (Heath), 87; born July 5, 1927, Kelso, Wash.; died March 29, 2015, Silverdale, Wash. Surviving: son, Larry, Bremerton, Wash.; grandson, Kellen Smick, Uniontown, Wash.; and granddaughter, Shelli Smick, Sandpoint, Idaho.

Cleta was a long-time resident of the St. John, Wash., area. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Brennen Smick, and sisters, Gloria Poffenroth and Linda Hammack.

She married her husband Brennen in 1944, and together they began a forming operation near Lancaster. Besides assisting her husband on the farm, she was noted to be a very proficient artist, gardener and florist. When retiring from the farming operation in 1985 and moving to the Spokane, Wash., area, she was employed by a florist specializing in providing floral arrangements for special events.

Cleta will be greatly missed by family and friends.