Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:11 am

MILTON MILLS - Melinda Kathleen (Easterling) Smith, 54, of Milton Mills, died in Rochester on February 12, 2018. Born September 12, 1963, to Carl and Joanne Easterling in Shreveport, La., she had lived in Utah and Las Vegas, Nev. before settling in N.H., in 2001.
An excellent cook, Melinda worked at several local restaurants before becoming, in her words, the lunch lady at Dover High School. For 12 years she fed and loved all of the kids in the cafeteria.
In addition to her husband of 35 years, David Smith, she is survived by a son Robert, his wife Andrea; four grandchildren Kida, Kathleen, Autumn, and Tucker; her three sisters Connie, Donna and Melinda's twin Marianne. She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph and her parents.