The Rev. Harry Ellsworth Smith, educator and priest, died Sept. 18. He was 70.

He was born in Lapel, IN, attended a number of academic institutions, and was ordained deacon and priest in the Diocese of Chicago in 1961 following three years of ordained ministry in the Presbyterian Church. He was vicar of Christ Church, Harvard, IL, and chaplain of Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, Lake Geneva, WI, 1961-63; rector of St. Elizabeth's, Chicago, 1963-67; assistant at Christ Church, Hackensack, NJ, 1972-74; rector of St. Paul's, Wood Ridge, NJ, 1974-80, and rector of St. Mark's, West Orange, NJ, from 1980 until his retirement in 1989. He also served as dean of students at the Hun School, Princeton, NJ, 1969-71, and assistant principal at Fieldston School, New York City, 1974-80. In the Diocese of Newark he was chair of the stewardship commission and also served on the diocesan council, department of missions and commission on aging. He is survived by his wife, Alberta, four children, Sarah, Robert, David and Mark, four grandchildren, and his mother, Margaret.