On November 4, 2009, Leonore Smart Wetherill, known to all as Nora, died peacefully in the company of family in Baltimore, Maryland. In recent years she concentrated her efforts on her love of Americana and American decorative arts, serving as a curator at Stenton, an historic mansion in Philadelphia. She was a Regional Director of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and in earlier years an avid horsewoman, and a fashion model. Above all Nora was a beloved sister, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was born on January 13, 1925 in Bedford, NY, where she spent the first half of her life. She moved to West Chester, PA in 1973 where she lived until 2004. For the last five years, Nora was a member of the community at Brightwood in Baltimore, MD.
Daughter of the late S. Bruce Smart and Beatrice Cobb Smart, Nora Wetherill is survived by her brother S. Bruce Smart, Jr of Upperville, VA; and her sister Katharine Smart Place of Bryn Mawr, PA. She is also survived by seven children: Bernard E .Smith III of Old Town, ME; Katharine S. Overlock of Greenwich,CT; Deborah S.Roberts of Landenberg, PA; Audrey S. Abbott of New York, NY; Barbara E. O'Brien of Washington, DC; Leonore S. Cunningham of Bethesda, Md; and Carol S.Gould of Baltimore, MD. In addition Nora had six stepchildren, who along with her twenty three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, will miss her greatly.

A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 1404 Carrollton Avenue, Ruxton, MD 21204 on Tuesday, November 10th at 4 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10005. Arrangements by the Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc.