An “extraordinary” local woman who was passionate about travel and climbed a 3,510-foot mountain in her 90s has died at age 104.Devonshire resident Evelyn Isabel Smith has been described by loved ones as an avid church-goer who doted on her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.She worked at the Bermuda Book Store for more than two decades, until the age of 94 when her job was made redundant.She was a dedicated member of the St Monica’s Church family.She died on Saturday from natural causes and leaves behind daughters Emmy-Lou Givens, 69, Roydelle Matthews, 63, four grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren.Ms Givens described her as someone who was extremely generous.“She would give her very last. What I will miss was her loving heart, her kind and giving ways.“She had a keen sense of humour. She was very truthful and just made people laugh, especially in her last days. She had some very humourous things to say.”Ms Givens said her mother had many close friends who after church on Sundays would come and sit under a spruce tree on her property.“They called themselves the apple tree gang, though there are no apples to be found,” she said.Ms Givens recalled that her mother “has been everywhere” and travelled to the Caribbean, Europe and North America at every opportunity, particularly with her late husband Gerald Leroy Smith.“She has friends all over the world including a lady who called this morning to offer condolences that she met on a ferry going from Somerset to St George’s. They have been corresponding and have been friends ever since.”In her 90s she climbed Flattop Mountain in Alaska on one of her trips and she remained active up until last summer when she was confined to a wheelchair.Mrs Smith’s eyesight also failed in the last few months. Until then she had loved to sit and do crossword puzzles and look at game shows on TV.Her younger daughter Ms Matthews said: “My mother lived a good life and she was in sound mind right up until the end.“She was able to converse with you to a certain degree and knew who I was right up until the end.”Former co-worker Gemma Donnelly Cox, who worked closely with Ms Smith at the Bermuda Book Store, said: “Evelyn was, to my mind, an extraordinary woman and an exemplar of some of the values that I believe are characteristically Bermudian dignity, thrift, love of life and kindness to her fellows, whoever they may be.“She was very much part of her community on North Shore Road, Devonshire and active in her church, St Monica’s, up to only a few months ago.”Longtime friend Lillian Daniels, 83, described her as a “beautiful person” who supported her after her own daughter had died.“I will miss her calling me every day, just to find out how I was doing and I will miss her calls and that voice and her little chuckle.“She was like a mother to me, even though I am up in age, giving me advice of how to go about things.“Otherwise she was a very easy-going person and spoke her mind when she thought things were wrong.”She will be buried tomorrow at 3pm at St John’s Anglican Church in Pembroke.