Agnes B. Smith

Agnes Beatrice (Riley) Smith, a resident of Westwood for thirty years, and formerly of Hudson, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at the Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Wrentham.  She was 90.  Agnes was born April 29, 1924 in Brighton, Massachusetts, a daughter of William and May (O’Toole) Riley.  She graduated from Brighton High School and worked briefly for the Boston Gas Company and Carter’s in Needham.  Agnes was the wife of the late Donald J. Smith and the sister of the late Pauline Shea.  She is survived by her daughter, Christina Shumate, and her husband Chris, of Carlsbad, California; her three sons, Kevin Paul Smith of Guam, Barry Francis Smith, and his wife Barbara, of Annapolis, Maryland, and Donald Louis Smith, and his wife Ann, of Wrentham; her brother, William T. Riley of North Conway, New Hampshire; and her four grandchildren, Kevin Smith, Richard “Ricky” Smith, Taylor Smith, and Jared Smith.  Visiting hours will be held Friday, August 1st from 4 to 8 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood.  Relatives and friends will gather at the funeral home, Saturday at 9 AM and proceed to St. Denis Church, 157 Washington Street (Route 1A), Islington for her Mass of Christian Burial at 10 o clock.  Interment will follow in the New Westwood Cemetery.  Donations in Agnes’ memory to the Julia Ruth House, 199 Canton Street, Westwood, MA 02090 would be appreciated.