Laura Bertha (DeCain) Smith, 83, died May 6, 2017 at the Greenwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Born and raised in Chelsea, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late William and Laura (Zarella) DeCain. Laura attended Chelsea public schools and graduated from Chelsea High School, Class of 1951. Laura was a lifelong Chelsea resident but she enjoyed her summers residing in Capital Island, Southport for 39 years. She was a late telephone operator of the former New England Tel & Tel and also dedicated 10 years of service as a computer operator at the Metropolitan Credit Union in Chelsea. Laura will be greatly missed by all who loved her.

Laura was the beloved wife of Gene L. Smith of Chelsea, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage; devoted mother of William C. Smith and his wife Cheryl of Cotuit, Massachusetts, and Nancy L. Wood and her husband John of Topsfield, Massachusetts; dear sister of William DeCain of Revere, Massachusetts, Bernice Hudson and the late Vincent, and Dante, Frederick and Anna DeCain. She is also lovingly survived by two granddaughters, Sasha Wood of Topsfield, Massachusetts and Alexandra Smith of New Hampshire, and one grandson, Bradford Smith of Falmouth, Massachusetts.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Grace Church, 59 Nichols St., Everett-Chelsea line on Tuesday, May 9 at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her Mass. Interment will follow the Mass at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts. In lieu of flowers, donations in Laura's memory may be made to a charity of one's choice. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Carafa Family Funeral Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts.