Patricia "Pat" Ann Smith, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at
Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County.
      Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church with
the Rev. Ray Clark and the Rev. David Duprey officiating.  Interment will
follow in the Elks Cemetery in Sheridan.
      Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 5, 1929, in Johnstown, Penn., to Delbert H.
and Neila Nelson Pape.  The familty moved to Sheridan in 1938 where she
attended Linden Grade School and graduated from Sheridan High School.  She
then went on to Northwestern University and was a member of Alfa Xi Delta,
social sorority.  She was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
      For more than 20 years, she was an active member of the Sheridan
County Republican Central Committee as a committeewoman, secretary, vice
chairman and chairman.
      She was the first woman to have the position of chairman and also was
an alternate to the national convention in 1972.
       She went through the chairs of the Wyoming Federation of Republican
Women and became president of the organization in 1973.
       She was listed in "Who's Who in American Politics" and "Who's Who of
American Women."
        In later years, she became interested in family genealogy and wrote
a book entitled "Our Part of the Hon Family."
       She also helped with two other books on the family genealogy.
       She was preceded in death by her son, Steven Nelson Smith; her
sister, Mary Jane Maury; and her parents.
       Survivors include two sons, Thomas A. Smith, Sheridan, and David M.
Smith of Los Angeles.
       Memorials are suggested to the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library
in  care of Kay Roush at First Federal Savings and Loan, 46 W. Brundage,
Sheridan WY 82801.
       Kane Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.