Patricia Edyth Smith (; October 29, 1946 – April 14, 2017) was an American

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politician who served in the

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from 2001 until 2009. Smith was born to Albert and Beatrice Graff in

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. In 1964, she graduated from Corbett High School and later attended

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. Smith and her husband, Leroy, married on July 26, 1980. She had two children: Chad and Shannon, and three stepchildren: Melanie, Jeffrey and Valerie.

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