| Vera Jean Goetz Smyth, 63, of Charleston died 11/29 at her residence. Mrs. Smyth was born on Monday, February 21, 1944, in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of John Wilson Goetz and Vera Naughton Goetz. She was a graduate of Bishop England High School, received her Bachelors from Winthrop College and her Masters from Catholic University. Mrs. Smyth taught at Middleton High School, Thomas Nelson Community College, Charleston County School of the Arts and Blessed Sacrament Catholic School. She was a Math Coordinator with Berkeley County Schools, member of the Charleston Clean City Commission, a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and a former Treasurer of the S.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She was the Director of Religious Education, a member of St. Vincent de Paul Society, a lector and Eucharist minister at Blessed Sacrament Church. Surviving are her former husband: Peter Ogden Smyth; a daughter: Rebecca Naughton Smyth both of Charleston; a son, Matthew Vincent Smyth of Charlottesville, VA; a granddaughter (pictured), Grace Lillian Smyth; an aunt, Joan Svenningsen; her cousins, Karen Rapchick and Jimmy Svenningsen, all of Charleston. The family request that memorials be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, c/o Blessed Sacrament Church, 5 St. Teresa Dr., Charleston, SC 29407. Visit the guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths. | ||
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