Visitation: N/A/
Service: Saturday – A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Christ the King Church at 11:00 AM. SMITH – Sheridan D.
February 17, 2010,
beloved husband of
Elaine W. (Priester)
Smith; loving father of
Karen D’Aprix.
Sheridan and Elaine
met in 1939, when they
both worked at Niagara Machine &
Tool. They were engaged in 1943 and
married on May 11, 1946 at St. Mary of
Sorrows RC Church in Buffalo over 60
years ago. Sheridan left Niagara in
1943 to join the Army and was a
member of of the Third Army, 712th
Railway Operating Battalion Company
B. He then worked in the field of
Aerospace Engineering for 40 years. He
worked for Cornell Laboratory which
later became Calspan from 1946 until
his retirement in 1986. A Memorial
Mass will be celebrated Saturday, April
24 at 11 AM at Christ the King RC
Church, 30 Lamarck Dr., Snyder, NY.
Memorials to Hospice Inc., 34
Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401.
Arrangements by the DIETRICH
FUNERAL HOME. Online registry at