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Susan Edyth Smith

November 25th, 1949 - May 13th, 2023

Susan Edyth Smith, 73, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, went home to be with her Lord and Savior,Jesus Christ, Saturday, May 13, 2023, after a battle with cancer.

Susan was born November 25, 1949, in Sheridan Wyoming. Susan’s parents were George and Germaine Payseno. Susan grew up in Cody Wyoming where she graduated from high school. After high school, she went to nursing school at Normandale College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and became certified as an LPN and then as an RN. Susan worked as a nurse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, then Billings, Montana, at the hospital in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and then Idaho Falls, Idaho. Susan was involved in many aspects of the medical profession and health care, one of which was regularly teaching CPR classes in Montana, Idaho, and Utah. Now and then, the company would fly her to other states to teach CPR classes.

On November 29, 1991, Susan married John Benjamin Smith in Elko Nevada. They lived in Kemmerer, Wyoming before moving to Idaho Falls, in 1992.

Susan enjoyed her family, crocheting, playing cards, traveling, cruises, flying, hunting, competition shooting, riding in side by sides, and branding calves in Mackay in the Spring. Susan’s faith in her Lord and Savior was very important to her, especially the Hebrew foundation of the Christian faith.

Susan is survived by her husband John, and children, Norman, Ronald, Jarma, Jake, Ben, and Kibby, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and siblings Nancy and Allen. Susan was preceded in death by her parents and sister Jeannie.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Anderson Family Funeral Home, 2555 N. Highway 93, Arco, Idaho. The family will visit with friends and family from 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm prior to the services. Interment will be in the Mt. McCaleb Cemetery in Mackay following the services. Condolences may be left for the family at andersonfamilyfunerals.com.

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