Obituaries

Mary Louise Smith Tyson, 94 of Steubenville, Ohio went to her heavenly home on Saturday, October 18, 2014. She was born September 3, 1920 in Beaver Falls, PA a daughter of the late Harrison L. & Hattie Griffith Smith. Louise was a 1938 graduate of Wells High School. She was a loving and devoted member of Finley U.M. Church, Lois Rae Circle, Senior Friends and Wintersville Women’s Club. Louise worked in the decorating dept. of the former Steubenville Pottery. During WWII she was a secretary at Collier Steel Co., was a former secretary at Wintersville U.M. Church and a clerk for over 16 years at Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She will join her husband, William B. “Bill” Tyson, whom she married March 22, 1943 in Bennettsville, SC while he was serving in US Army 82nd Airborne and he passed on June 22, 2003; brothers Harry L. and Rev. Robert M. Smith; sisters Ruth Humes and Martha Morris. Louise loved to bake and read. Louise and Bill were very active with a Work & Witness Team while members of the First Church of the Nazarene in Fort Myers, FL where the couple spent the winter for over 25 years. They accompanied this group to Russia, New Zealand, Trinidad, Santa Domingo, Alaska, Haiti, Belize and Costa Rico.Louise is survived by her children  William K. “Bill” (Sandy) Tyson and Sharon E. (Stanley) Fray both of Wintersville; eight grandchildren Toni (Scott) Feist, Shari Smith, Michael Marinella, Jimmy (Sharon) Kinemond, Kimberly (Geoff) Pentes, Amy Good, Laura Riley & Brian Fray; 13 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Also surviving are her dear friends Helen Unsold, Esther VanDyke, Naomi Hooker and Betty Christopher.Friends may call at Dunlope-Shorac Funeral Home, 215 Fernwood Road, Wintersville on Tuesday 4-7 p.m. and at Finley Church on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of services at 11  a.m.  with her nephews Rev. Jerry Ernst and Rev. Dr. Richard Smith co-officiating. Interment at Fort Steuben.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Finley U.M. Church, 958 Lincoln Ave., Steubenville, OH 43952