Beverly J. Smith

June 30, 1938 - December 9, 2021 Beverly J Smith, 83, of Rochester, passed away on Thursday December 9, 2021 in Bethel Park, PA.  She was the daughter of Claude and Dorothy (Draper) Edgerly and the widow of Henry O. Smith. Members of her immediate family include:  her son Matthew Smith and his partner Julia Heitner; her son Colonel Russell Smith USMC (ret) and his wife Erin; her two granddaughters, MIDN 1/C Paige Smith USNR and Colleen Merrill along with Colleen's husband Evan; her three grandsons, Marko, Liam and Aleksandar Smith; and her great grandson Landon Merrill, She is also survived by one brother Larry and his wife Cindy Edgerly and their family. Beverly was born in Rochester, graduating from Spaulding High School in 1956, she attended Macintosh College in Dover NH, until she met a young Airman, Henry Smith, of the United States Air Force stationed at Pease AFB.  They married at the Rochester United Methodist Church in November 1960, moving to Okinawa, Japan shortly thereafter.  Throughout...