NATICK- Dorothy Helen (Winters) Smith, age 88, a longtime resident of Natick passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Thomas Upham House in Medfield from complications of a stroke she suffered the week before. She was the devoted wife of Donald F. Smith who passed away in February, and the late George W. Reebe, Sr.
Dorothy was born, raised and educated in Staten Island, New York, the daughter of the late John and Helen (Modzelewski) Winters. Following her graduation from Port Richmond High School, she was employed as a nurses’ aide at Staten Island's Halloran General Hospital. She met and married George W. "Buddy" Reebe in 1930, and they raised their six children in Staten Island. Due to her husband's work transfer with Bethlehem Steel from Brooklyn N.Y. to Boston, the family moved to Natick in August of 1963. George passed away in June of 1969.
Dorothy later met and married Donald Smith in October of 1973. Dorothy and Donald shared a loving 40 years of marriage. Together they traveled, went fishing, and enjoyed all the wonders of the New England sports teams, the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Bruins and the Celtics, cheering them all on through the years. Dorothy and Donald worked many years together in the custodial department at Wellesley College until her retirement in 1988. Dorothy enjoyed playing bingo and taking day trips to the casino where her friends dubbed her "Lucky Dot." She looked forward to lunch dates with close friends.
She is survived by her six children, Barbara Gromeck of FL, Patricia Pickerill and John of Laurel, MD, George Reebe and Katheryn of Millis, Ronny Reebe and Mary of Natick, Roy Reebe of Maine, and Linda Aurigema and Andrew of Oak Hill, FL; several grandchildren, Michelle Pennington and John of Elkridge, MD, Patricia McKay of Virginia Beach, VA, Lauren Daniels and Nathan of Whitinsville, Katelyn Hutchinson and Jeff of Hull, and Ronny Reebe and Zoe of Dover, NH; her great-grandchildren, Brooke, Benjamin, and Bethany Daniels all of Whitinsville; and her longtime closest friend, Linda Quinlan of Natick.
A memorial service will be held in the John Everett and Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street, at Natick Common, Natick, on Saturday, November 16th at 10:30a.m. Interment will follow at Dell Park Cemetery, Natick. Relatives and friends may visit with Dorothy's family beginning at 9:00a.m.
Gifts in Dorothy's memory may be sent to The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, 600 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, or the ASPCA (www.aspca.org).