Velma Smith

VELMA MAE SMITH A Memorial Service for Velma Mae Smith, 97 of Chico, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 21, 2017, at Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico. Velma went to Heaven on Christmas Day. She was born September 7, 1919 in Colusa, CA to Roscoe and Maude (Newton) Parkinson, attended schools in Colusa and Chico, graduating from Chico High School in 1938 and attending Chico Normal School. She married Thomas Purse on April 5, 1940 and they had three daughters. Velma later married to Roger Peterson from 1969 until his death in 1977. She then married Jim Smith in 1980 being widowed again in 2003. She finished her career at Crocker National Bank, retiring in 1984. Gaining many lifelong friends. she always loved eating out and especially at "Pat and Larry's" where she made many friends that she continued to have monthly lunches and dinners with the rest of her life. Velma was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings, Sherman, LaVern, and Milton Parkinson and Marjorie Parkinson-Newhall. She leaves behind her daughters Corliss Jones of Crescent City, Patricia Jones of Durham, and Claudia Corria of AZ, as well as 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Memorial Contributions may be made to the charity of your choice .