Roberta N. Smith

WAYNESVILLE, Ohio -- Roberta Nell Hagan Smith, 79, of Waynesville,
died July 16, 2019, at home.

Roberta was the daughter of Robert E. and Delina Remke Hagan.
She was a 1958 graduate of Owensboro Catholic High.

She enjoyed many of the arts: writing, weaving, watercolor and oil
paintings. She created the pen and ink drawings of her home town of
Owensboro Kentucky,historical dwellings in Centerville Ohio and her
favorite; portraits of animals. She also was an avid reader, loved jazz and
container gardening, winning numerous community awards.

She was preceded in death by her first love, husband of 46 years, Joseph
P. Smith; a daughter, Jenny Rebecca; and a sister, Barbara Hagan Bailey.

Those who cherish her memory are her loving husband of 11 years, Robert
Hughes, who cared for her at home through her long illness; her three
sons, Joe, Ben and Paul; and daughter Lisa Pitts; grandchildren Robert,
Sarah and Rachel; brother Steve (Jill), Richard (Joan), Harold and Gerald
Hagan; sister Mary Helen Strehl (Ron); and many nieces and nephews.

Roberta will have a celebration of life later in Ohio.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hospice of Dayton,
324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, OH 45420.

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