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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Berit Blomqvist Smith
Berit Blomqvist
Smith
d. Mar 26, 2015
Berit Blomqvist Smith's Obituary
Berit Blomqvist Smith, a longtime resident of Princeton, died peacefully at home on March 26, 2015. She was 77 years old.
Born in Munkfors, Sweden, she moved to Princeton in 1960 to experience the States for a few years before returning home to Sweden. Her plans changed, however, when she met Craig Gary Smith, then a graduate student at Princeton University. The two married in 1962 and she never moved back to Sweden. She became a US Citizen in 1994.
After residing for a time in California and New York, the two moved back to Princeton in 1976, where they very much enjoyed living, made a great many friends, raised two sons, and were avid supporters of the arts, attending performances and volunteering on boards.
Among her many activities in support of the arts, she served as a trustee of the Princeton Chamber Symphony (forerunner to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra) and was a subscription holder since 1980; associate director of the McCarter Theatre Center; committee member for Princeton Summer Concert, and member of the Princeton Friends of Opera and the Princeton Festival Guild. In addition, she volunteered at the Princeton Library and was a founding member of Hands On Helpers, now VolunteerConnect.
For most of her professional career, she was employed by the former Scanticon Hotel, where she was hired in 1980 by the soon to opened Danish-based hotel as its first US employee, eventually rising to sales manager. This experience served her well when – at her husband's behest – she assumed responsibilities for planning the Princeton University Class of 1958 Reunion Dinners. She continued to attend reunions and travel with members of her husband's class well after his death in 2000.
She is survived by sons Erik Michael Smith and his wife, Karen Sundberg, of Georgetown, SC, and Kevin Andrew Smith and his wife, Elizabeth McDowell Smith, of Charlotte, NC. Also, two grandchildren, Andrew McDowell Smith and Lillian Alexandra Smith of Charlotte, NC, and a sister, Gunvor Blomqvist Engdahl and her husband, Carl-Axel Engdahl, of Karlstad, as well as a niece, a nephew and three grand-nieces, all residing in Sweden.
The Smith family invites you to her memorial service to be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Nassau Inn, Ten Palmer Square East, Princeton, NJ 08542. A luncheon reception will follow.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name can be made to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, P.O. Box 250, Princeton, NJ 08542. Please write "In Memory of Berit Smith" on the memo line.
Born in Munkfors, Sweden, she moved to Princeton in 1960 to experience the States for a few years before returning home to Sweden. Her plans changed, however, when she met Craig Gary Smith, then a graduate student at Princeton University. The two married in 1962 and she never moved back to Sweden. She became a US Citizen in 1994.
After residing for a time in California and New York, the two moved back to Princeton in 1976, where they very much enjoyed living, made a great many friends, raised two sons, and were avid supporters of the arts, attending performances and volunteering on boards.
Among her many activities in support of the arts, she served as a trustee of the Princeton Chamber Symphony (forerunner to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra) and was a subscription holder since 1980; associate director of the McCarter Theatre Center; committee member for Princeton Summer Concert, and member of the Princeton Friends of Opera and the Princeton Festival Guild. In addition, she volunteered at the Princeton Library and was a founding member of Hands On Helpers, now VolunteerConnect.
For most of her professional career, she was employed by the former Scanticon Hotel, where she was hired in 1980 by the soon to opened Danish-based hotel as its first US employee, eventually rising to sales manager. This experience served her well when – at her husband's behest – she assumed responsibilities for planning the Princeton University Class of 1958 Reunion Dinners. She continued to attend reunions and travel with members of her husband's class well after his death in 2000.
She is survived by sons Erik Michael Smith and his wife, Karen Sundberg, of Georgetown, SC, and Kevin Andrew Smith and his wife, Elizabeth McDowell Smith, of Charlotte, NC. Also, two grandchildren, Andrew McDowell Smith and Lillian Alexandra Smith of Charlotte, NC, and a sister, Gunvor Blomqvist Engdahl and her husband, Carl-Axel Engdahl, of Karlstad, as well as a niece, a nephew and three grand-nieces, all residing in Sweden.
The Smith family invites you to her memorial service to be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Nassau Inn, Ten Palmer Square East, Princeton, NJ 08542. A luncheon reception will follow.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name can be made to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, P.O. Box 250, Princeton, NJ 08542. Please write "In Memory of Berit Smith" on the memo line.
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