Tina Marie Smith

Tina Smith, 64, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Unionville, Missouri, on Monday, March 18, 2024.

Tina Marie Smith was born in Columbia, Missouri, on March 26, 1959. She was raised in Canton, Missouri, and graduated from Canton High School.  Tina lived for a time in Des Moines, Iowa, and then moved to Unionville in 1987.  She worked at Casey’s, as a Para at Putnam County R-1 High School, and in the custodial service at Putnam County Care Center and for ten years at Putnam County Memorial Hospital.  Tina was a person with a bubbly personality who liked to have coffee with friends and be around people. She liked to eat Mexican food and collect snowmen.  She loved the holidays and liked to watch “Wheel of Fortune.”  But the center of her world was her son, Nathan, his wife Hannah, and their son, Lincoln. She liked to shop for Lincoln, and she loved her two weeks visit with Nathan’s family in Italy where he is stationed in the Air Force.  She was able to see a good bit of Italy and Austria.

Tina is survived by her son, Nathan (Hannah) Smith of Sacile, Italy, and her grandson, Lincoln Smith.  Her sisters are Amy McDonald, Karla Blair, and Lisa Brown.  Tina was preceded in death by her mother, Maxine Faye Foust.

Funeral services for Tina will be at Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home at 11:00 am, Saturday, March 23, 2024, with visitation one hour prior to the service.  Interment will be at the Forest Grove Cemetery in Canton, Missouri.

Memorials are suggested to a college fund for her grandson, Lincoln, with checks being made payable to Nathan Smith.  These may be entrusted with Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home, 709 S. 27th St., Unionville, MO  63565.