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\Mary Ruth (Smittle) Goertler, 86, of Williamstown, WV passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Harmar Place in Marietta. She was born on April 7, 1929 in St. Marys, WV to the late John P. and Gertrude (West) Smittle.
Mary was a 1947 graduate of St. Marys High School and she retired as secretary from Williamstown High School in 1989. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Williamstown, WV.
She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Erwin Goertler; daughter, Diane Kiger (Doug); son, Glen Goertler (Donna); five grandchildren, Megan Watts (Geoff) of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Molly and Matthew Kiger, Michael Goertler (Bridget) and Mitchell Goertler all of Williamstown; sister, Sara Bogard of York, ME, and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline Douglass; brother, John E. Smittle and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Hawver Goertler.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, February 1, 2016 at Hadley Funeral Home Reno Chapel, 1021 Pike St., Marietta with Rev. Elizabeth Campbell-Maleke officiating. Burial to follow in Riverview Cemetery.
Hadley Funeral Home, Jan. 2016

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Birth	27 Apr 1929	St. Marys, Pleasants, West Virginia,
Census (family)-shared	11 Apr 1930	(John Presley Smittle and Gertrude Columbia West) Saint Marys, Pleasants County, West Virginia
Census (family)-shared	7 May 1940	(John Presley Smittle and Gertrude Columbia West) Saint Marys, Pleasants County, West Virginia
Marriage	1953	Pleasants County, West Virginia - Erwin Gifford Goerthler
Death	28 Jan 2016	Marietta, Washington, Ohio,
Burial		Riverview Cemetery, Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia

Spouse	Erwin Gifford Goerthler (1925 - 2021)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	John Presley Smittle (1897 - 1970)
Mother	Gertrude Columbia West (1903 - 1981)
Sibling	Sara Lou Smittle (1926 - )
Sibling	Pauline Kathryn Smittle (1927 - 2012)
Sibling	John Edwin Smittle (1934 - 2015)

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