Virginia Elsa Smith

May 21, 1928 - February 16, 2021

Virginia Elsa (Meyer) Smith, 92, of Leesburg, FL passed away peacefully at home on February 16, 2021. Virginia was born May 21, 1928 in Syracuse, NY to Otto and Martha (Muller) Meyer. She graduated from North High School and was an active member of the Tiani Society which promoted good citizenship and local charity work. She also graduated from Central City Business Institute in Syracuse and attended Keuka College, in Penn Yan, NY. A Girl Scout from Brownies to Mariner, Virginia also served as the President of the Luther League at Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church in Syracuse. She belonged to the German Order of the Harugari and Arion Singing Society, both focused on German-American Culture. Virginia started work in 1948 as a Dey Brothers Department Store, as an elevator operator, moved on to the Iroquois Publishing Company as a receptionist/secretary and retired in 1985 as a financial analyst for Sears. Married in 1951, she balanced her career around her first priority, taking care of her husband, raising five daughters and the family dogs. She traveled to more than 10 countries. In Cincinnati she rode an elephant, in Egypt she rode camels and explored the pyramids. She swam with the Dolphins in Florida, enjoyed flying in a hot-air-balloon and a sailplane in Ohio and a Utra-light in Germany. She square danced with her husband, Russ and scrambled for beads at Mardi-Gras in New Orleans, but perhaps her most enjoyable time was spent at the pool, sunning on a beach and at the family camp on Otisco Lake, NY. Virginia is survived by her husband Russell H. Smith; five daughters, 13 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. A celebration of life to be planned in the near future. In lieu of flowers, please consider donation to CornerstoneHospice.org. Online condolences may be shared by visiting www.bankspagetheus.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Banks/Page-Theus Funerals and Cremations Wildwood, F