Mary Catherine Smith

Rochester Hills — Mary Catherine Smith, age 78, of Rochester Hills, Michigan passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024. Mary was born in Ferndale, Michigan on January 29, 1946. She graduated from Highland Park High School and felt the call to help her community as a nurse leading her to attended Oakland Community College, earning an associate’s degree in nursing. She and her beloved husband Charles were wed on June 24, 1967. The two settled in the Upper Peninsula and she took a position as the only full-time nurse at Lake Linden Clinic in the Upper Peninsula where she found herself among new and caring friends and colleagues. As she worked, the clinic became affectionately known as “her clinic” and she went above and beyond to care for it and the people they served. Her husband can even recall them spending an evening after work replacing the wallpaper. While in the Upper Peninsula, she loved to hike and camp in the Porcupine Mountains State Park. Slowing life down a little and reconnecting with nature. They moved back to the Rochester area to be with family. She will be missed by all who knew her and all who were helped by her kindness.