Patricia Anne "Pat" Smith

Gilbert Funeral Home and Crematory

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | January 14, 2025

Patricia Anne "Pat" Smith, 84, of Greenock, went home to be with her Savior on Sunday, January 12, 2025.  She was born April 10, 1940 in Glassport and was the daughter of Charles C. and Blanche S. (Sikorski) Barchanowicz.  She was the devoted wife of 54 years to the late Donald William Smith, who passed away November 30, 2013. Pat was a woman of great faith and loved the Lord and was a member of Park Baptist Church in Versailles.  She was an avid gardener of flowers, whose green thumb has kept a Christmas Cactus around since 1968. She was a lover of animals, especially cats. She was a homebody, who loved her home and all the visiting animals and the garden she grew. Pat was dedicated to her family, who were her whole life. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who wanted to always make sure her family knew how much she loved them.  She will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Orzulak of Shawnee, KS; son, Kenneth C. (Joan) Smith of Lincoln; grandchildren, Jenny (Chris) Cedar, Carrie (Karl) Shellgren, Joshua Smith, Joseph (Kasey) Smith, Matthew Orzulak, and Elizabeth "Cissy" (Steve) Lenhart; great-grandchildren, Laney Urban, Cage Cedar, Knox Cedar, Hunter Smith, Wyatt Smith, Bo Smith, Asher Smith, Amelia Lenhart, Claire Lenhart, Jacob Lenhart and Henry Lenhart; and nieces and nephews.  In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Donald A. Smith, who passed away August 23, 2015; son-in-law, Tom Orzulak; sisters, Genevieve Snitcher and Blanche Brletic; and brothers, Stanley, Joseph, Alex, Eugene, Leonard, and Chester Barchanowicz. Friends are welcome on Friday, January 17, 2025 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Gilbert Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 6028 Smithfield Street, Boston, Elizabeth Township (412-751-5000) Drew J. Gilbert, Director. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 10:00 am in the funeral home chapel with The Rev. Dr. Rudy Mayak, officiating.  Interment will follow at Round Hill Cemetery. Condolences may be made at GilbertFuneralHomeandCrematory.com

Originally published January 14, 2025.

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