Smith, Patricia M. ALBANY Patricia M. Owens Smith of Albany, aged 84, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at St. Peter's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a short illness. She retired from the NYS Department of Mental Health in 1979 after 37 years of service. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of St. John, and she had been an avid crafter and needlewoman all her life. A resident of Colonie , she had most recently resided at the Beltrone Living Center. Born in Green Island, daughter of Charles W. Owens Sr. and Catherine Westbrook Owens, she is also predeceased by her beloved husband, Frank E. Smith; and her five brothers and sisters. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Goodwin Owens, Troy, N.Y. and by her many nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Funeral services Thursday at 9:45 a.m. from the McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 North Allen Street, Albany, thence to Blessed Sacrament Church, Albany at 10:30 a.m. where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment will follow the Mass in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery. Contributions in memory of Pat may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, 310 South Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12208.