Obituary for Susan Smith

Susan Yeardley Smith, age 73, Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Westerville, Ohio.   Received a Bachelors Degree in Education from The Ohio State University and completed extensive postgraduate coursework.  Her teaching career spanned a number of years at both the Worthington and Columbus school districts.  She had a passion for helping adults learn to read and tutored for many years at the Columbus Literacy Council.  She was an artist and was known for her love of books. Survived by her loving husband William, daughter Emily (Jeffrey) Syar; grandsons Patrick Syar and Michael Kane; sister Barbara Pennington; nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Preceded in death by daughter Stacy Anne (Robert) Kane; father Robert L. Yeardley; mother Evelyn P. Yeardley; sister Nancy Stout; father-in-law Milan L. Smith; and mother-in-law Stella L. Smith.