Owensboro – Wanda Doris Smith, 82, of Owensboro, died Friday, October 17, 2025, at 6:45 p.m. at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Born May 9, 1943 in Muhlenberg County. She enjoyed flowers and floral arrangements, and carried that into her professional life by becoming a bookkeeper for Welborn Florist. Wanda came from a large, loving family, and in turn became a loving mother and grandmother, taking up quilting and traveling as her hobbies. She was a member of the Owensboro Christian Church, and had a passion for the Cedar Lake Lodge which was inspired by their years long care of her daughter, Kim. This further inspired her to do good in the world where she saw a need for kindness and understanding. She was preceded in death by both parents, Robert and Lois Schroader; her daughter, Kim Slaughter; her sisters, Mary Knight and Irene Welborn; and her brothers, Sherman Schroader, Mitchell Schroader, and Willard Schroader.
Survivors include her daughter, Holly Goodwin; sisters, June Webster, Jane Miller, and Lillian Hamilton; one granddaughter, and several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
Graveside services will be Monday, October 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in Greenville with Bro. Leroy Rearden officiating. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Cedar Lake Lodge in Memory of Wanda Smith, 9901 Linn Station Road, Suite 901, Louisville, KY 40223. Online condolences may be made at www.tuckerfuneralhomes.com.
