Forest Park resident
Margaret Jean Smith (nee Fleming), 98, of Forest Park, died in Algonquin on March 23, 2025. Born in Rochester, New York on Aug 23, 1926, she was the wife of the late Thomas M. Smith; the mother of Barbara Oberg, Deborah (Richard) Hinz, Timothy (Jill) Smith and Daniel (Elizabeth) Smith; grandmother of Scott (Megan) Oberg, Sarah (Barry) McDonald and Lisa (Drew) Keefe, Daniel (Natalie) Hinz and Kimberly Hinz, Kellen (Jeanmarie) Smith, and Kristen Smith (Dave Polizzi), Katie (Barrett) Shay, Amy Smith, Mark (Katie) Smith, and Annie (Tyler) Roebke; great-grandmother to 24 great-grandchildren; sister of the late Gerald (Kay) Fleming, Rita (William) Kramer, Edna Mae (Clancy) Klimas, and Eugene (Irene) Fleming; sister-in-law of Eugene (Betty) Smith, Mae (Joe) Wenskus, and Phil (Marge) Smith; and the aunt of many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will take place on Friday, March 28 from 9 to 10 a.m. at St. Bernardine Church, 7246 W. Harrison St., Forest Park, where Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, charitable donations can be made to St. Bernardine Church in Forest Park in her memory.