Mildred Mary Grohman Smith was born near Rockne,
Texas on May 3, 1926, the daughter of Clara and Adolph Grohman and
sister of Clarence, Michael (Mitchell) and Carl Bennett Grohman.
Mildred spent her life in faithful service to God, her husband, her
four children, their extended family and many friends. Mildred
graduated from Bastrop High School and moved to Austin to work for the
State of Texas Highway Department where she met W. Harvey Smith, the
love of her life. After they were married in 1946 they made their first
home together in Austin before following Harvey’s job to Wyoming, New
Mexico and then El Paso, eventually coming back to Austin and making it
their home.
In 1977 they moved to the Texas Hill Country where
they were active members of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in
Marble Falls. Mildred loved her fellow parishioners and viewed them as
extended family - she joyfully served her Church as a lay reader, a
Eucharistic Minister and in many other ways.
Mildred was a strict water conservationist, devoted
recycler and friend to the environment many years before those became
popular. She was an avid gardener and had such a green thumb that
Harvey would say she could put a stick in the ground and it would grow!
She loved wildflowers and hummingbirds and spent many hours making red
sugar water to feed those who were lucky enough to find themselves in
her backyard.
Mildred and Harvey celebrated their 66th wedding
anniversary in May 2012. The loving couple moved back to Austin in July
2012 to be nearer to their family. Mildred was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer shortly thereafter. Her family was blessed to be with
her for the precious final months of her life. Preceding her in death
were her parents and three brothers.
Mildred is survived by her devoted husband W. Harvey
Smith, and her family she loved so dearly: daughter Jean and husband
Jimmie Plentl; daughter Glenda Flanagan; daughter Sandi and husband
Ollie Crinkelmeyer; son Danny and wife Lisa Smith; grandchildren
Jennifer and her husband David Koenig, Neely and her husband Carl
Meyers, Nicole and her husband Matt Johnson; Whitney Davis and her
father Lodney C. Davis, Clint Flanagan and Mollie Flanagan and their
father Lloyd Flanagan; and seven great-grandchildren, Randy, Bradley,
Kelly, Austin, Mia, Livi and Madi, as well as a large and wonderful
extended family.
The family wishes to extend love and gratitude to
the many close friends and family of Mildred and Harvey as well as to
the staff and caretakers from Home Care Assistance and from Hospice
Austin.
The services are as follows:
Visitation on Sunday December 30 at 3 pm followed by Rosary/Vigil Service at 4:30 pm
Cook-Walden Funeral Home
6100 North Lamar Blvd, Austin TX
Funeral Mass on Monday December 31 at 10 am followed by a light lunch
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
105 FM 1431 Marble Falls, TX
Graveside Service 2 p.m.
Forest Oaks Memorial Park
6300 W. Wm Cannon Drive
Austin, TX
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