She married Fred V Smith on February 18, 1947 and resided in Kearney, Nebraska.Lorraine always wished she had attended college and made it her life’s ambition to assure her four children were able to attend college.She was always good with numbers and was an excellent typist and many of her jobs in Callaway included using those two skills.She worked for Loup Valley Queen where she ran a linotype machine, Callaway Courier, and 19 years as secretary at the Callaway Public School. She loved genealogy.This love translated into her interest in the land around Callaway, “the land of the Seven Valleys”.She wrote two books about this amazing area.She also did lots of research into both sides of the family.Any questions about ancestors could be directed to her and if she didn’t know the answer it was somewhere in her research.She got the Good Neighbor Citation AK-SAR-BEN in May 1982, in 1997 she received the First Ladies award for outstanding Community service signed by Diane Nelson, first lady of Nebraska, and she was a 40-year member of the Legion Auxiliary.
