Pamela Erno Smith, 67, of Dracut, Massachusetts, formerly of Swanton, Vermont, passed away from breast cancer on August 12th in Boston. Pam was a 1967 graduate of Swanton High School, where she was Student Council President, and later attended the University of Vermont.
She is survived by her husband, COL (Ret) Thomas E. Smith, formerly of Saint Albans, her two daughters, Melissa S. Synnott and Molly O. Kellogg and their spouses, her four grandchildren, her mother, Virginia Erno of Swanton, her brother, Kim Erno, her mother-in-law, Lena Smith, and her sister-in-law Gail Connors. Besides her father Hayden Erno, Pamela was predeceased by her father-in-law John Smith, and her sister-in-law Nancy Lanoue.
Pamela was an exemplary Army wife who raised her family during many assignments over 30 years within the US and overseas, including 6 years in Germany. During the deployment of her husband’s battalion to Saudi Arabia for the Gulf War of 1990-1991, as the commander’s wife she led the unit’s Family Support Group at Fort Bliss, TX, assisting many family members.
A Memorial Mass will be held at the Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity on the Campus of West Point, where the family lived while her husband was on the faculty. Interment will follow at the US Military Academy at West Point Cemetery.
Remembrances may be made in her memory to: www.metavivor.org, which supports research for metastatic breast cancer.
