Lynn S. Pascal

October 3, 2010  

CHAUMONT, N.Y.  —  Lynn Smith Pascal, 56, Chaumont, passed peacefully Sept. 29 after a battle with cancer.  

Lynn was a wonderful wife, mother, sister and aunt who brought joy, comfort and happiness to those around her. She was a compassionate person who enjoyed gardening, baking, canning preserves and vegetables and simple pleasures of walking the fields and pastures of rural New York.  

Spending time with Lynn was as easy as breathing and so enjoyable that others sought refuge in her company. She will be profoundly missed by her family and others who knew and loved her.

Born in 1954 in Fort Ord, Calif., Lynn lived most of her life in Glastonbury, Conn., attending Glastonbury public schools and graduating in 1976 from Regis College in Weston, Mass.  

She worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Middletown and East Hartford, Connecticut for nearly three decades, before her diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumor in February 2008.

Lynn is survived by her loving husband, Richard S. Pascal, 60, and her daughters Sarah, 21, and Julie, 18; by her sisters, Jan S. Gaudette and Leigh S. Petras, Glastonbury; two  brothers David C. Smith, Arlington, Va., and Douglas C. Smith, Wilmington, N.Y.; and many loving in-laws, nieces and nephews.  

She was the daughter of the late Clark and Mary (nee Campbell) Smith, of Glastonbury, Conn., and Watertown, N.Y..

Calling hours will be held 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct., 8, at Becker-Cleveland Funeral Home in Chaumont. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Lyme Community Foundation, P.O. Box 601, Chaumont, NY 13622.