Susan Whitney Smith

1940 - 2020  (79 years)

• Name	Susan Whitney Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Census	1940	Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Birth	8 Mar 1940	Minnesota, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married
  Residence	1995	Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA
  Death	29 Jan 2020	Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I4706	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Lucian Anderson Smith, MD,   b. 17 Nov 1910, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Jul 1995, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Van Viett Kingham,   b. 8 Oct 1914, Rice County, Minnesota, USA d. 3 Aug 2006, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Feb 1937	Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, USA
  Family ID	F9811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Family ID	F788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1940 - Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA Birth - 8 Mar 1940 - Minnesota, USA Census - Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA Residence - 1995 - Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Obituaries

  Obituary-LEONARD Susan (Smith) Susan Whitney Smith Leonard -- Macken Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rochester MN

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1944; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-27B. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1944; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-27B [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rochester, Olmsted,. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rochester, Olmsted, [S251] Ancestry.com, Minnesota, U.S., Marriage Index, 1958-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Minnesota, U.S., Marriage Index, 1958-2001 [S232] Ancestry.com, Web: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2019;), Minnesota Association of County Officers; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota Official Marriage System. [S4874] Obituary of Susan Leonard • Macken Funeral Home - 31 Jan 2020, (Name: Macken Funeral Home & Cremation Services; Location: Rochester MN; Date: 31 Jan 2020;), Susan Whitney Smith Leonard -- Macken Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rochester MN. Susan Whitney Leonard, 79, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus. Sue was born in Rochester, Minnesota on March 8, 1940, the daughter of Lucian and Mary Smith. Sue went to Rochester High School and University of Colorado in Boulder. Sue married Larry Leonard in 1958 in Rochester, Minnesota, where they lived until 1972 when they moved to Lake Zumbro. She spent the rest of her days at the lake enjoying close friends and their tight-knit community. Sue loved horses and swimming growing up. She loved music and was a beloved piano teacher for 62 years in Rochester. Sue taught many students over the years and was very involved in the piano world, judging piano contests and theory in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, was a member of Minnesota Music Teachers Association and Rochester Area Keyboard Club. She liked watching the Vikings, boating, four wheeling, dancing, flower gardening and, most of all, her family. She was a loving wife, mother, and the best grandma! Last summer, Sue and Larry celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a great party of family and friends. She will live on in our hearts and memories forever. Sue is survived by her husband, Larry; her two daughters, Patty (Mike) Marsh and Julie Quinn (Scot Johnson); four grandchildren, Shannon (Todd) Fitzgibbons, Erin (Adam) Huneke, Colin Quinn and Hannah Quinn; and four great-grandchildren, Madelyn, Owyn, Madison, and Kaila. She is also survived by her brothers, Lucian Smith, Bob (Karen) Smith; and her sisters Lynne (Bob) Diebel, and Ginny Smith; sisters-in-law, Mary Jackson, Mona Leonard, and Phyllis Leonard; brother-in-law Tom (Carol) Leonard; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her in-laws Lawrence and Catherine Leonard, sisters-in-law Teri Smith and Virginia Boutelle, and brothers-in-law Charles Jackson, Don Leonard, Joe Leonard, and Dwight Boutelle. The Memorial Service for Sue will be at 11:30 a.m. on February 3, 2020 at the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home (1105 12th Street SE), with Rev. Carla Werre officiating. A visitation will be starting at 10:00 a.m. before the service. https://mackenfuneralhome.com/memorial-services/susan-whitney-leonard/ Obituary-LEONARD Susan (Smith) Susan Whitney Smith Leonard -- Macken Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rochester MN [S252] Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Minnesota Department of Health; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2000.