Helen M. Smith of Southold died at San Simeon Nursing Home on April 21, 2016. She was 88 years old.
She was born in Greenport on September 2, 1927 to Frank and Eva Bartman Hudson. She attended Greenport High School and graduated in 1945. After graduation, she went to Washington, DC and worked as a secretary to the chaplains at the Pentagon.
After the war, she met Warren Smith. They married in 1947 and made their home in Floral Park where Warren worked at the family insurance business, Harry Smith & Son.
They moved to Southold in the late 1950’s and opened an insurance business there. In later years, they were the proprietors of the Southold Liquor Store until their retirement.
Helen loved to golf and was the first woman on the Islands End Golf Course Board of Directors. She was also an avid reader, a bridge and bingo player and she did crossword puzzles daily. She was also a member of the Southold Red Hats.
She adored children and always had a few stuffed animals and Hot Wheels cars to give to children she ran into in town.
Predeceased by her husband and three siblings Reginald, George and Evelyn Hudson, she is survived by her son Glenn and grandson Jesse of Colorado Springs, Colorado and her niece and caregiver Susan Roache of Mattituck. Several other nieces and nephews survive her.
Interment was in the Southold Presbyterian Cemetery under the direction of the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Homes.
