Naniloa Smith, fka, Sandra Lee Murphy

Naniloa Smith, 83, of Moline, Illinois passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at Allure of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois.

Naniloa was born in Flora, Illinois, on September 5, 1941, the daughter of Leland and Erma Murphy. She received an MBA in Education and taught seventh and eight grade math in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1984, she moved to Hawaii where she lived for twelve years. She worked as a real estate agent on Oahu and later ran a day care from her home In Maui. She also lived in Tucson for a few years before moving to Moline where she lived for the last twenty years.

She loved nature, birds, gardening and arts and crafts.

Survivors include her sister, Sharon Collins, her brother, Jeff Murphy, her daughter Jenifer Clayville and Jenifer’s husband Michael.

Naniloa’s wishes were to be cremated and then scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Her daughter Jenifer will spread her ashes off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii on a date yet to be determined in November 2024.