Clara Marie Garland Smith, 96, formerly of Johnstons Lane, Mercersburg, PA passed away peacefully on December 7, 2024.
Born November 4, 1928 in Welsh Run, near Mercersburg, Clara was the daughter of the late Bruce H. and Helen E. Beck Garland.
Clara was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mercersburg. She was a 1948 graduate of Mercersburg High school and she attended Hagerstown (MD) Business College. As a young woman she worked in retail shops. She was a homemaker.
Clara is survived by one sister, Thelma G. Shelly, Mercersburg, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Clara loved her family and enjoyed the simple things in life.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Jane Mellott, Darlene Mentzer, and Julia Carbaugh, one brother, Harold E. Garland, a nephew, G. Alan Shelly, and a great-nephew, John H. Mellott.
Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Fairview Cemetery with Pastor Daniel Allen officiating.
Arrangements by Fries Funeral Home, Inc., Mercersburg, PA.
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