Brenda Lynne (Lorenz) Smith (1960-2011)

SMITH, LORENZ, CROUSE, GRANER, FORDYCE

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/11/2012 at 09:51:38

From Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care obituary, Ames, Story County, Iowa:

Brenda Lynne Lorenz Smith
September 23, 1960 - May 27, 2011

Brenda Lorenz Smith age 50, of Madison, WI; passed away at her home Friday May 27, 2011. A gathering of friends and family will be 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Wed. June 1 with the family present 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care 414 Lincoln Way Ames with a 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 2, Celebration of Life service at First United Methodist Church 6th and Kellogg in Ames, Iowa.

Brenda was born in Ames, Iowa and graduated from Ames High School. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Grandview College in Des Moines and earned her MBA at Edgewood College in Madison. She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau and was a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.

She worked as an ICU nurse at the University of Iowa and was manager of the Emergency Department at Mercy Hospital in Janesville. Her greatest passion was realized when she worked as a Heart and Lung Transplant Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin where she was a fierce advocate for her patients.
Though her health prevented her from continuing an active nursing career she was still the first person family or friends called upon when they needed guidance or help with a health problem. Her compassion and drive had a positive and profound effect on a great many lives.

Accompanied by her husband, Brenda loved vacationing in Hawaii, attending shows at the Overture Center, and going to Badger Hockey games. She enjoyed crafting with her friends, gardening, and the family cats.

Brenda's time here was much too brief and her passing will be felt deeply by those who knew and loved her.

Brenda is survived by her husband Randy Smith of Madison, WI; her mother, Phyllis Crouse of Ames; extended family, Rod and Lois Crouse of Ames; Curtis and Kris Crouse of St. Paul, MN; Terry and Ken Graner of Apple Valley, MN; Father and Mother in-law Belmont and Mary Smith of Fort Smith, Arkansas; Uncle, Gary and Mary Ellen Lorenz and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father Duane Lorenz, Verl Crouse, grandparents, Jennie and Paul Lorenz and Ruth and Virgil Fordyce.

Memorials may be directed to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 20875 Crossroads Cir # 350 Waukesha, WI 53186-4026

Online condolences may be sent to www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com

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