Ruth Maxine Smeby, 90, of Panama City, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 in her home. She was born April 21, 1925 in Brooksville, Florida. She was a 1943 graduate of Bay High School. She was a retired custodian at Lucille Moore Elementary School having worked there over 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sigurd Smeby Sr. and two sisters, Mozzelle Kasiah and Irene Wilcox. She is survived by five children, Sigurd Smeby (Judy); Charlotte Bailey (James); Harold Smeby (Gail), Michael Smeby, Edward Smeby; 18 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the St. Andrew United Methodist Church with Rev. Amy Persons-Parks officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 10-11 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be her grandsons.