Pearl Marie Smedley

Pearl "Marie" Smedley, 93, of BARBERTON went home to be with the Lord November 17, 2019. She was born May 25, 1926 to the late Paul and Iva (nee Pursley) Cartrell. She retired after 25 years’ service as a Government Inspector for Wright Tool and Forge.

She was a member of the Barberton Moose Chapter 61 and the Barberton Senior Center. She enjoyed being a Girl Scout leader and a Boy Scout mom.

Preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband, Russel and daughter, Rita Ann Branham; she leaves to cherish her memory her brother, Edward (Pat) Snyder; children, David (Mona) Gault, Russel L. Smedley, Ernest W. (Cat) Smedley, Dale Wood, Dennis Smedley, Nancy Hoskins and Brian Ball; twenty-two grandchildren; thirty-one great grandchildren; twenty great-great grandchildren and special family friend and English Foreign Exchange Student Danny Tilzey Col US Army Retired.

Friends may call from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, November 24, 2019 at the Schlup Pucak Funeral Home, 788 Kenmore Blvd Akron. Funeral services will be held 4 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Private family burial will be held at Greenlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Pearl's name can be made to the Haven of Rest, P.O Box 547, Akron, Ohio 44309.