Olga (Malti) Smith, 82 of Cherry Ridge Twp., died Tuesday February 19, 2008 at the Hospice Unit at Mercy Hospital in Scranton.  She was preceded in death by her husband Peter F. Smith who died Sept. 20, 2007.  The couple married April 16, 1947.

Born April 17, 1925 in Cherry Ridge Twp. she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Clara Farina Malti.  After graduating from Honesdale High School she worked as a seamstress for several local garment companies.  Later she and her husband ran the family farm.  After retiring she became an antique dealer specializing in antique dolls and partnered with Teddy Cescot to run a successful antique business in Hawley.

For many years, Olga was the Judge of Elections in Cherry Ridge Twp. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Parish and its Altar and Rosary Society.  Olga was also an active member of Rare Squares square dance club.

She loved her family, friends and animals.

Surviving is her daughter Julie Ann Smith and husband Eugene Buki of Cherry Ridge; son Dale Smith and wife Margaret of Cherry Ridge; sisters Mary Burleigh of Pleasant Mount and Eva Panfili of Honesdale; a sister in law Genevieve Odom of Baltimore, MD; grandchildren Ryan, Zachary, and Clayre Smith and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a brother William Malti.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Honesdale at 10 AM.  Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery.  Friends may visit the Hessling Funeral Home, 428 Main St. Honesdale on Thursday from 2:30 - 4 and 5 - 7.

Memorials can be made to Wayne - Pike Chapter PA for Human Life, c/o Raymond Steffen, 26 Steffen's Trl., Hawley, PA 18428.