Anagene G. NeSmith, 82, of Wooster died Thursday, November 18, 2010 at West View Manor in Wooster.Services will be Monday at 12:00pm at the funeral home with Pastor Eric Fairhurst officiating. Friends may call Monday from 10:00am to 12:00pm at the Roberts Funeral Home – Sherwood Chapel, Wooster.Entombment will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, Greater East Ohio Area Chapter, 1815 W. Market St., Suite 301, Akron, OH44313 or Westview Manor Auxiliary, 1715 Mechanicsburg Rd., Wooster, OH44691.
Anagene was born November 27, 1927 in Wadsworth to Allen and Irene (Walker) Griswold.
She married Frank Frazier, he died in 1976.She then married Howard NeSmith, who died in 2007.
Anagene worked for the Wooster Brush Company for 25 years, retiring in 1991. She attended Wooster Baptist Temple, enjoyed watching her grandchildren’s sporting events and spending time with family and friends.
Anagene will be missed by her children Gwendolyn (Danny) Dilyard of Wooster and Malcom Lee (Deb) Frazier of West Salem, step-sons Howard E. NeSmith, Jr. of San Antonio, Texas, 5 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, 3 step-great-grandchildren and a sister Dorothy Logston of Virginia.
In addition to her husbands Frank Frazier and Howard NeSmith, Anagene was preceded in death by a son Frank E. Frazier, Jr., step-son John NeSmith, sisters Virginia NeSmith and Helen Cantwell and a brother Charles Griswold.