V. Louise (Tesche) Smail, 82, of New Kensington, PA, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at West Haven Manor Personal Care Home in Washington Township, Westmoreland County.

A daughter of the late Kurt Tesche and Mamie (Robertson) Tesche, she was born February 17, 1934, in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County.

Louise was a 1952 graduate of Leechburg High School and member of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Lower Burrell.  Before retiring in 1997, she worked as a receptionist for the Kurt Tesche State Farm Insurance Agency in Lower Burrell for 20 years.  Louise enjoyed sewing and crocheting.

Survivors include her four sons, James W. Smail Jr. of Tarentum, PA; David Lee Smail (Calvina) of

Deerfield, Ohio; Robert Allen Smail of Oklahoma Boro, PA; Thomas J. Smail of Saltsburg, PA; her daughter, Amy L. Smail-Kaszubski (Craig) of West Leechburg, PA; 14 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Kurt Tesche (Nancy) of Allegheny Twp, PA.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Smail on March 1, 2012; and a brother, Clair Tesche.

Friends welcomed by her family on Wednesday, August 17, 2016 from 2-4 and 6-8  PM at Clawson Funeral & Cremation Center, 170 Main Street, Leechburg (724-842-1051) where funeral ceremonies will be held on Thursday at 10:00 AM with the Very Reverend Kenneth G. Zaccagnini, V.F., officiating.  Interment following at Greenwood Memorial Park, 104 Melwood Road, Lower Burrell.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1100 Liberty Ave., Suite E-201, Pittsburgh, PA  15222; or to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY  10018.

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