Lois Marie Smiley Fields
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Retired teacher enjoyed cooking
Lois Marie Smiley Fields, 96, of Bentleyville, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
She was born March 2, 1917, in Bentleyville, a daughter of the late Russell and Garnet Greenlee Smiley.
Mrs. Fields was a 1933 graduate of Bentleyville High School and attended California Normal School for two years, attaining a certificate to teach school.
She began her teaching career at Bryant’s School in Eighty Four, also teaching at Ginger Hill School, Somerset Township Consolidated and Henry’s School.
Mrs. Fields earned her bachelor of science degree in elementary education in 1960 from California State College. In the fall of 1960, she returned to Ginger Hill School to teach first grade for 19 years, until her retirement in 1979.
She joined the Bentleyville United Methodist Church in 1936 and taught various youth and adult Sunday school classes. She had been a member of the Commission on Education and was involved in the Council on Ministries, Administrative Board and United Methodist Women, being very active in the local church as well as on a district level.
Mrs. Fields enjoyed her family, cooking, baking, sewing, doing crossword puzzles, playing scrabble and raising African Violets.
Surviving are four sons, Howard R. (Pamela Bombalek) of Charleroi, Gary D. (Kay Campbell) of Amarillo, Texas and Craig E. (Dawn Street) and Loren E. (Rachel Alderfer), both of Bentleyville; nine grandchildren, Heather, Renee, Stephanie, Ryan Fields, Karen, Sarah, and Ryan Kearns and Trevor and Kayla; four great-grandchildren, Jenna Marie, Thomas, Alex and Camryn; and several nieces and nephews.
On November 21, 1941, she married Dwight Johnston Fields, who died December 10, 1989.
Deceased, in addition to her husband, are a brother, Duane Smiley and a daughter-in-law, Darlene Ross Fields.
Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Greenlee Funeral Home, 619 Main Street, Bentleyville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, October 21, in Bentleyville United Methodist Church, Bentleyville, with Pastor Max Miller officiating. Interment will be in Maple Creek Cemetery, Charleroi.
Memorial contributions may be made to Forbes Hospice, c/o West Penn Hospital, T-8, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 or Bentleyville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 183, Bentleyville, PA 15313. A guest book and personal condolences may be accessed at www.GreenleeFuneralHome.com.