Isabelle McCarthy Smith

PORTLAND - Isabelle McCarthy Smith passed away on March 23, 2013 in Portland after a lengthy illness. Isabelle was born in Bangor, Maine the youngest of the six children of the late James Justin McCarthy and Emma Russell McCarthy. She graduated from John Bapst High School and worked for various physicians at the Bangor Osteopathic Hospital for several years. On October 20, 1949 Isabelle married Edwin F. Smith and they shared 58 wonderful years together until his death in 2007. Ed and Isabelle made their home for many years in South Portland where they raised their three children. The family summered at their cottage in Poland Springs which Isabelle and Ed built. During these years, Isabelle supported her husband by maintaining the accounting components of his businesses; Hascall Hall, Inc., Construction and Maintenance Supply Co. and Smith and Violette Corporation. They later relocated to Scarborough and divided their time between Maine and their winter home in Parrish, Florida. Isabelle is survived by her three children; daughters Deborah D. Smith of Portland and Kathryn I. Smith of Scarborough, and her son E. Terrance Smith and his wife Barbara Linnehan Smith of Portland. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law Lelma Russell of Davis, California and Barbara Smith of North Fort Myers, Florida, as well as multiple nieces and nephews, and by her good friend Nellie Romano who filled so many hours with happiness. In addition to her husband Isabelle was pre-deceased by her sisters and brothers Ruth Gagnon, Helen McCarthy, Joan Sheehan, James McCarthy and Eugene McCarthy and their respective spouses. The family would like to thank the compassionate direct care staff who attended to Isabelle for the past five and one half years. Their many kindnesses to Isabelle and her family will always be gratefully appreciated. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, March 27, at 11:00 am at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, 72 Federal Street, Portland. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Isabelle's name to the Sacred Heart Sodality of St. Peter's Church, 72 Federal Street, Portland, ME 04101 where she received comfort by being adopted in prayer by the Sodality for the past several years.Online condolences may be expressed below.