Obituary of Marjorie Smithson

rie Angela Smithson (nee Ferner) was born May 26, 1923 in Fox Valley, Saskatchewan and passed away on September 22, 2015 at the age of 92 years. She was a school teacher for a couple of years in a one room school house. She ran the post office in her dad's general store in Liebenthal, Saskatchewan. She moved to Vancouver, B.C. in the 1940's where she met the love of her life Tom Smithson, while working at the Post Office in Woodward's Department Store. They married on April 3, 1948. They relocated to Salmo, B.C. from 1951 - 1955. They returned to Vancouver where Tom was hired on with B.C. Tel. Marjorie was a stay at home mom and active with the Red Feather Club (similar to the United Way) and enjoyed a bridge club. When Tom retired in 1984, they relocated to the country life of Lougheed, Alberta. Marjorie enjoyed doing her needlework, the bridge club and looking for the best chokecherries and saskatoons. She did a lot of canning like a true prairie gal. She helped Tom with Looney Bins and co-wrote The Beginners Bridge Book with her friend Wilma Burchill. Friends were always very important to Marjorie. She enjoyed people dropping in to visit at the auxiliary and enjoyed the staff there as well. She enjoyed visiting her son and his family in Prince Rupert, B.C., Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thompson and Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is survived by her son Tom W. (Heather), grandson Tom J. (Katrina), granddaughter Katherine, great-grandson Tommy A., her sisters Marie Roth and Alice Gallo and many nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by her husband Tom and son Conrad. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Fee & Sons Funeral Home.