Published Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:22 PM
Updated Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:23 PM

 

Rita D. Smith

Rita D. Smith, of Goose Creek, died Feb. 19. She was 88. Mrs. Smith was married to the late Williams J. Smith.

Funeral Mass was held Feb. 23 at St. John the Beloved Catholic Church in Summerville. Rite of Committal with Final Commendation followed in Dorchester Memory Gardens.

Born Feb. 27, 1919 in Shamokin, PA, Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Michael Balchunas and Johanna Glassic Balchunas. She was a graduate of Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook, NJ. She was head chef at New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry at Rutgers Medical School, retiring in 1984.

Mrs. Smith was active with senior citizen organizations in Pennsylvania, and little league, boy scouts and cub scouts in New Jersey. She was also active in the Harmony Club and the Rainbow Club of Pennsylvania. She helped build air brakes for World War II planes during the war effort. She loved being a grandmother and enjoyed traveling.

Surviving are her daughter, Joanne S. Accetta and her husband, Dr. Christopher Accetta of Goose Creek; two sons, William J. Smith of Bordentown, NJ, and Richard J. Smith and his wife, Cathy, of South Bound Brook, NJ; grandchildren Andrew S. Katchen of Jersey City, NJ, Kimberly M. Smith of Charleston, Matthew Accetta of Goose Creek, Bryan M. Smith of Bordentown, NJ, and W. Grant Accetta of Goose Creek; and her boxer, Lady Jane-Roxanne.

A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jamesadyal.com.