Mary Louise Smith, age 88, of Stratford, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2014 in Lord Chamberlain HCC. Mrs. Smith, a homemaker, was born in Boston, Massachusetts to the late Joseph and Louise (Beverly) Rose and has been a long time area resident. Survivors include her granddaughter, Jacqueline Smith and her great-grandson, Noble Joyner both of Georgia, her sister, Julia Young of Milford, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her late husband and parents, she was pre-deceased by her son Ronald Otis Smith. All funeral services were private, and have been entrusted to the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford.