CHERYL MCINTYRE SMITH

Born: September 17, 1952    Died: April 8, 2016

WEST DESMOINES, Iowa — Cheryl Lynn Smith, 63, passed away, surrounded by her loving family, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston on April 8, 2016, from COPD complications.

Cheryl was born Sept. 17, 1952, in Muscatine, to Charles and Betty McIntyre. She graduated from Davenport West High School in 1970 and received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Iowa Wesleyan University in 1990.

Cheryl married Dennis E. Smith of Columbus Junction, Iowa, on March 5, 1971. She worked as a nurse in geriatrics, pediatrics, and home health care in Iowa, South Carolina, and Minnesota, teaching and taking care of others for close to 40 years. Cheryl enjoyed gardening, traveling, art, cooking, volunteering, and spending time with her family and 10 grandchildren, Jaryd, Alec, Tyler, Bayley, Cayden, Payge, Zachery, Savanna, Natalie, and Lauren; and granddog, Smokey.

She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Dennis; and her four children, Jobi, Nicolle and (twins) Brendle and Benjamin. Cheryl was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.

A private memorial service will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016, at First United Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Mercy Hospice Foundation in memory of Cheryl, directed to mbradke@mercydesmoines.org.

Condolences may be expressed online at http://iowafuneralplanning.com.