Mildred Anna Smith


b: Jul 8, 1922
pb: Coeymans, NY
m: Oct 3, 1943
pm: Poughkeepsie, NY
divorced: 1967
d: 1994
pd: Lakewood, WA
Mildred, known as Millie, was the only child of Raymond and Ella Smith.

Raised in Poughkeepsie, NY she graduated from Poughkeepsie High in ???

After high School she attended Houghton College for two years.  She continued her education at Vasser Brother's  Hospital in NYC and became a registered nurse.

While at Houghton college she met and dated Warren Husted.  Due to the war effort, Warren left college and enlisted in the Army. They were married on Oct 3, 1943.

After one stillborn pregnancy, she had two sons Richard Warren Husted (1945) and Raymond Howard Husted (1947)

Warren was originally stationed in Columbuia SC and after WWII was trasnsfered to ElPaso TX. In Aug 1951 He was transferred to Ft Lewis near Tacoma WA where the they bought a house and settled in the suburban area of Lakewood.  Millie continued to live in the same house, until her death.

Mildred and Warren and divorced In 1967.

After the divorced she returned to her nursing career working with geriatrics in nursing homes and the state hospital.  She retired in 1987.

In retired life she enjoyed world traveling and took numerous trips visiting the Soviet Union (USSR), Europe, Australia and Mainland China.

She died from complications of cancer in 1994. She was interred with her mother and father in Coxsackie NY.


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