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Susan Browning Smith age 79, of St. Rose-Lebanon Rd., Springfield, died at 10:20 pm Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.
Born October 18, 1942 in Marion County, she was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Henry and Mary Inez Raley Browning, four brothers, Joe Frank, Eddie, William Henry and Leon Browning and three sisters, Elnora Bland, Betty Hamilton and Mary Margaret Spalding.
She was a 1960 graduate of St. Charles High School, was a dairy farmer and a homemaker and a member of St. Rose Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband, Leon Smith, two daughters, Laura (Robbie) Smith of Springfield and Lisa Duvardo (Jim Mattingly) of Bardstown, two brothers, John Dennie (Christine) Browning of Lebanon and Donnie (Margaret) Browning of St. Mary and three grandchildren, Jacob Anthony, Lily and Henry Smith.
Funeral mass for Susan Browning Smith will be conducted at 10:00 am Saturday, December 18, 2021 at St. Rose Catholic Church with Rev. Edmund Ditton officiating. Burial will be in St. Rose Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Steve, Charlie, Chris, Brad, Ricky, Scott and Tim Browning and Mark and Michael Spalding.
A prayer service will be held at 7:00 pm Friday, December 17, 2021 with Deacon Joe Ray Dant officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 till 8:00 pm Friday and again from 7:00 am till 9:15 am Saturday morning at Hale-Polin-Robinson Funeral Home.
The family has requested that face masks be worn at the funeral home and the church.
Contributions are suggested to St. Rose Legacy Fund.
Hale-Polin-Robinson Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.
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St. Rose Catholic Church Legacy Fund
P.O. Box 71, Springfield KY 40069-0071
Tel: 1-859-336-3841
Email: strose3121@att.net
Contributions may be made at Hale-Polin-Robinson Funeral Home or sent to address above. Please make notation on check for "Legacy Fund". Thank you