Funeral services for Frances Marie Smiers, age 88, of Onalaska, Texas, will be Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Livingston, Texas with Father Clifton Labbe officiating. Interment will follow in the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Texas at 1:00 PM. Visitation is Tuesday, August 9, 2011, from 5:00 PM-8:00 PM at the Cochran Funeral Home and a Rosary service will begin at 6:00 PM.

She was born December 23, 1922 in Houston, Texas the daughter of Joseph Vallone and Mary Viola Vallone and on August 3, 2011, she was reunited with her husband, Edward L. Smiers, Sr. and eldest son, Edward L Smiers, Jr. At the time of her homegoing, she was surrounded by her sons and several grandchildren.

Frances is survived by James L. Smiers, son, of Houston, Texas, Leslie J. Smiers and wife Patricia, son and daughter-in-law, of Austin, Texas, Larry G. Smiers and wife Karen, son and daughter-in-law, of Houston, Texas, Thomas Smiers, son, of Onalaska, Texas, grandchildren, Edward C. Smiers, James Smiers, Lindsay Smiers Moehle, Christina Smiers Knight and husband Christopher, Tamara Smiers Rogers and husband Jonathan, Christina Cole, great grandchildren, Abigail Bible, Monica Smiers, Marcella Smiers, Eddie Moehle, Cameron Moehle, Christian Knight, Macie Rogers, Trevor Knight. Numerous other relatives and friends also survive.

Cochran Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Please sign our online register at www.cochranfh.com