Wahkiakum County Eagle-March 1996 Caryl E. Smetana Age 84, died in a Cathlamet nursing home. She was born in Chicago and grew up in St. Paul, Minn. In 1932 she moved with her family to Kirkland where she married Frank Smetana in 1935. He died in 1979. She lived in Kirkland and Orcas Island, moving to Cathlamet in 1979. She worked as a bookkeeper for her husband's auto mechanic business in Kirkland and was employed by Fredrick and Nelson in Bellevue. She was active in Kirkland civic and political organizations. Survivors include daughters, Cindy Smetana of Cathlamet and Candy Strong of Kirkland; a brother, Paul Johnson of Kirkland; a sister Charlotte Enbelbrekt of Kirkland; two grandchildren and several relatives in Minnesota. Final services were held. Caryl E. Johnson Smetana Burial place unknown 21 Sep 1911-24 Mar 1996 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)