Frances J. Smith of Holland, died peacefully on Friday, May 5, 2017 at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne. She was 83.

Born in Minersville, PA, Franny was the beloved wife for 61 years to the late John L. Smith Jr., and the daughter of the late Anthony and Anna Sherokman Segelski.

Franny has been a resident of Holland since 1964 and a founding member of St. Bede the Venerable Church. She devoted her life to her husband, their 8 children and their 15 grandchildren. Nothing was more important to Franny than her family. She will be greatly missed, but her memory will be cherished by everyone who experienced her love and kindness during her lifetime.

Franny is survived by her loving and devoted eight children and spouses; Kate Carr, John L. Smith, III, Michael Smith, James T. Smith, Esq. and his wife Debra Klebanoff, Esq., Dr. Paul D. Smith, Maureen Smith, Joseph Smith and his wife Sherry and David 'Duke' Smith. She is also survived by her 15 beloved grandchildren, her brother Richard Segelski and his wife Donna, her sisters-in-law, Connie Barbacane and Barbara Smith, and her cousin by marriage, Cynthia Kupniewski, who she affectionately referred to as “her sister.”

Franny’s family will receive friends on Friday, May 12th from 9:30 A.M. until her Funeral Mass at 11:00 A.M. in St. Bede the Venerable Church, 1071 Holland Rd., Holland, PA 18966. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem.

In lieu of flowers contributions in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.