per her father Thomas Elias’ OBIT, survived by “5 daughters: Mrs Alvin Kelly, TX; Mrs Alfred DeRosier, Philadelphia; Miss Caroline, at home; Mrs Larry Woemper, Newton; and Mrs Paul Ratchford, Moscow”
-name per her OBIT
-per brother Thomas’ 1989 OBIt listed as survivor (4 sisters)

1940FCI United States Federal Census; Pennsylvania Lackawanna Scranton 71-90; image 23 of 30 @ancestry
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03685; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 71-90
Home in 1940: Scranton, Lackawanna, PA
Street: Fourteenth Street
House Number: 435
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Scranton, Lackawanna, PA
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 12A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 212
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 20
Income: 1076
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Thomas Smith 41 truck driver
Beatricia Smith 39 b 1901 PA
Thomas Smith 19 b 1921
Sarah Smith 15 b 1925
Emily Smith 13 b 1927
Caroline Smith 11 b 1929
Lillian Smith 8 b 1932
Nancy Smith 5 b 1935

OBIT NancyRSmithRatchford2017.pdf
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
30 Apr 2017, Sun
Page A18
Nancy R Ratchford
April 26, 2017
Nancy R Ratchford, 82, of S cranton, died Wedmnesday at Regional Hospital of Scranton following an illness. She was the widow of Paul M Ratchford, who died 13 july 2010.
Born 22 May 1934 in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Beatrice (Ware) Smith. Nacncy was a member of Mary, Mother of God Parish in Scranton.
Nancy enjoyed singing and writing music and had an impressive talent for playing piano. Althougj unable to read a single note of music, she had the natural ability of listening to the music and memorizing the keys. Nancy’s passions included her love for poetry and her unique ability to create poems that spoke and resonated with all who had the pleasure of reading them. Another hobby was her love for antiques, in which she attended flea markets and yard sales in search of treasures that she believed were one of a kind.
The most important aaspect of Nancy’s life was the love she felt for her family. SHe had a special relationship with each of her children, and a love for her grandchildren that was incomparable.
Surviving are:
her daughters:
Amy Cole and husband Roy, of Scranton;
Margaret “Peggy” Voldenberg and Michael Voldenberg, of Scranton;
Michelle Bloom and husband Kevin, of Scranton;
her son Paul M Ratchford Jr of Sandy Ridge NC;
her sister Lillian Woempner of Caspian Mich;
13 grandchildren;
and 4 great grandchildren
In addition to her husband, Nancy was preceded in death by her siblings Tom, Sally, Emily and Caroline.
A Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 930am in Mary Mother of God Parish 316 William St, Scranton. Interment will be conducted privately by Nancy’s family.
Memorial contributions can be made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Arrangements by Duffy & Snowden Funeral Homes of Scranton and Moscow.