The Daily News-February 1990

SMITH, Thea B. 

  Age 94, of Cathlamet, died in a Cathlamet nursing home.
  She was born in Wisconsin, the daughter of Tom and Britha Heltney.  
She lived in Ryderwood for 20 years before moving to Cathlamet in 1952.
  She had worked as a telephone operator.  She attended Cathlamet 
Congregational Church and was a member of the Lettie Warren Guild and 
the Birthday Club.  She also loved gardening.
  She and her husband, Norbert, were married in 1934. They raised their 
niece, Mary, as a daughter.
  She was the last surviving child of a family of eight.  She is 
survived at home by her husband, Norbert; her niece and family, Mary 
and Eddie Olsen and children, Natalie, Darren and Nikki, all of 
Cathlamet; and numerous other nieces and nephews.
  No service was held at the request of the deceased.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Thea B. (Heltney) Smith
Longview Memorial Park-Longview, Wa.
15 Mar 1895-23 Feb 1990
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2005 from 
original newspaper collection.)