Cora Elsie Folts Smith formerly of Welshbush Road passed away 19 Mar 2019 at Foltsbrook Center. Cora was born on 24 Mar 1927, the eldest daughter of Wesley C. and Elsie Lee Folts. With the exception of recent years, Cora was a lifelong resident of the town of Frankfort attending West Frankfort school, Thomas R. Proctor High School and the University of Rochester. On 23 April 1949 at St. Peter and Paul’s Rectory in Frankfort Cora married Edwin Lewis Smith, a very special union lasting until his death on 24 Feb 2017. Mrs. Smith was a “homebody” in the truest sense of the word, growing lonesome for her life on Welshbush Road if away for any length of time. She lived most of her years in the house her father built in the 1920’s and her husband transformed into a gingerbread-style home in the 1980’s. In the 1960’s Cora built stereos at GE’s Radio Receiver Division and later worked at Scheidelman’s wholesale grocer. Despite feeling most comfortable at home, Cora and Edwin made road trips in their converted VW bus to California, Gaspe Peninsula, Prince Edward Island, Maine and New Mexico. She enjoyed knitting and baking for her family as well as creating scrapbooks of treasured memories. The house was filled with bears both stuffed and porcelain. When her youngest daughter decided it was time to get her parents connected to the Internet, Cora, at age 79, found a whole “new world” and surprised her family with frequent e-mails and posts on Facebook. She never found new technology intimidating. Cora was very proud of her three beloved daughters and heartbroken by the death of her youngest daughter Jody Swatling of Strong, ME in 2009. She is survived by her daughters Deborah Haldeman of Holland Patent and Diane Smith of New Port Richey, FL; three cherished grandchildren Carrie Haldeman of Floyd, Jennie Swatling of Charlotte, NC, and Steven and Shandara Swatling of Huslia, AK; three cherished great-grandchildren Jayson Dean Masters of Floyd and Dante and Lucian Swatling of Huslia, AK; one son-in-law Steven H. Swatling of Grand Canyon, AZ and Diane’s companion John Dhayer of New Port Richey, FL. She also leaves one sister Bernice Weiss born on 24 Mar 1931 of Richfield Springs and her children and grandchildren; her loving and caring cousin and lifelong neighbor Dawn Kealy; one sister-in-law Vivian Hazard of Bristol, VT, numerous nieces and nephews as well as many, many cousins whom she held in high regard and affection. Calling hours will be from 11 AM – 1 PM Sunday, March 24, at the Heintz Funeral Home, 408 Herkimer Road, Utica. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a remembrance service immediately following the calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to The Jody Smith Swatling Memorial Fund (http://jerseysurf.org/donate/the-jody-smith-swatling-memorial-fund/). On line messages of sympathy may be made at Heintzfuneralservice.net “I bid you all a fond farewell and you will find me hereafter in the wind and the rain and the flowers.”