1920
Mildred
2016
Mildred Elizabeth Smith (Robinson Camp)
July 29, 1920 — June 10, 2016
Mildred Elizabeth Robinson Camp Smith, 95, passed away June 10, 2016.
A celebration of her life will be held June 25 at South Crysler Community of Christ in Independence, MO. Visitation at 10am followed by service at 10:30am.
Mildred is survived by her four children, Kathleen Shockley, Sandra Cockburn, William Camp, and Pamela Stewart, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband of 17 years, Arthur “Cliff” Smith. Married after her retirement she described their marriage as “truly arranged by God.” She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Lester N. Camp, father of her children.
Mildred was a graduate of William Chrisman HS, class of ’38. She received her Associates degree from Graceland College in 1945, her Bachelors of Nursing and RN from Washington University in 1948, and her Masters of Public Health from the University of Colorado, 1969. She lived a full life as a nurse, a teacher, a minister, and a mother. After several years of nursing, she began teaching at the Independence Sanitarium & Hospital School of Nursing, then as Asst. Professor at the Graceland School of Nursing until her retirement in 1986. Mildred especially enjoyed taking student nurses on medical missions to Honduras and Guatemala and to Navajo Reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. In 1977 she took a sabbatical to return to the La Buena Fe Clinic in Honduras to live and work there for ten months. Upon her retirement from Graceland in 1986 she was honored by the City of Independence Health Dept. for her ongoing support of Community Health Services.
Above all, Mildred was a woman of great faith which she lived out as a life-long member of Community of Christ serving in many capacities, including Sunday school teacher, Bible school teacher, occasional preacher, and Elder until her superannuation in 2002.
Mildred will be remembered for her open heart and generous spirit by the countless people she touched in her long life as nurse, teacher, minister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Health Ministries Association, 1001 W Walnut, Independence, MO 64050 or to the Alzheimer’s Assoc., alz.org. Her children also wish to acknowledge the staff of TMC Lakewood Long Term Care 3 North for their excellent care of our mother for the last 4 years.
A celebration of her life will be held June 25 at South Crysler Community of Christ in Independence, MO. Visitation at 10am followed by service at 10:30am.
Mildred is survived by her four children, Kathleen Shockley, Sandra Cockburn, William Camp, and Pamela Stewart, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband of 17 years, Arthur “Cliff” Smith. Married after her retirement she described their marriage as “truly arranged by God.” She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Lester N. Camp, father of her children.
Mildred was a graduate of William Chrisman HS, class of ’38. She received her Associates degree from Graceland College in 1945, her Bachelors of Nursing and RN from Washington University in 1948, and her Masters of Public Health from the University of Colorado, 1969. She lived a full life as a nurse, a teacher, a minister, and a mother. After several years of nursing, she began teaching at the Independence Sanitarium & Hospital School of Nursing, then as Asst. Professor at the Graceland School of Nursing until her retirement in 1986. Mildred especially enjoyed taking student nurses on medical missions to Honduras and Guatemala and to Navajo Reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. In 1977 she took a sabbatical to return to the La Buena Fe Clinic in Honduras to live and work there for ten months. Upon her retirement from Graceland in 1986 she was honored by the City of Independence Health Dept. for her ongoing support of Community Health Services.
Above all, Mildred was a woman of great faith which she lived out as a life-long member of Community of Christ serving in many capacities, including Sunday school teacher, Bible school teacher, occasional preacher, and Elder until her superannuation in 2002.
Mildred will be remembered for her open heart and generous spirit by the countless people she touched in her long life as nurse, teacher, minister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Health Ministries Association, 1001 W Walnut, Independence, MO 64050 or to the Alzheimer’s Assoc., alz.org. Her children also wish to acknowledge the staff of TMC Lakewood Long Term Care 3 North for their excellent care of our mother for the last 4 years.
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