Billie Sue Smith

November 7, 1936 – July 7, 2009

Billie Sue Smith of Greeley, Colorado, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the Hospice & Palliative Care of Northern Colorado Inpatient Unit.

Born on November 7, 1936, in Perry, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Harry C. and Viola (Leighan) Smith. After graduating Perry High School in 1954, she attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where she took a two-year business course.

Billie Sue began working for the Exchange Bank in Perry. She also owned and operated The Fish Place and was deputy for the Noble County Treasurer.

She moved to Greeley, Colorado, in 1983. While in Colorado, she attended Aims Community College in Greeley, worked for the Denver Post Agency, followed by work in the insurance industry, and later for Monfort of Colorado.

Crocheting and reading were her hobbies.

Survivors include two brothers and their wives, Jerry Lee and Carol Smith of Greeley and Charles and Lorene Smith of Perry, Oklahoma; a sister, Virginia Withrow of Riverside, California, and many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents, and a sister, Marjorie Mears.

Private family services will be held at a later date. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Northern Colorado.