Smith, Esther M.

SMITH, VOSS, GEERTS, HEUN, PESSMAN, WOLF, TEGELER, MCLUCKIE, STOECKER, PHILLIPS, JONES, GOODDING, PROUD, ONEAL, KENNEDY, CHAPMAN, KOENES, PRINS, ETNYRE

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Date: 7/1/2009 at 14:37:43

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FULTON, Ill. — Esther M. Smith, 93, of Fulton, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton, IL. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2009, at the Second Reformed Church, Fulton, IL preceded by a 1:45 p.m. family prayer service. The Rev. Scott Stephan, pastor of Second Reformed Church in Fulton, will be officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Interment will be in Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton, IL. Memorials may be made to Second Reformed Church, Fulton, IL, and Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton, IL. She was born November 3, 1915, in Thomson, IL, to Dave and Kate (Voss) Geerts. She was educated in the Thomson Grade School, Thomson, IL. She married Peter C. Smith on February 21, 1935, in Garden Plain, IL; he died May 7, 2008. Esther farmed along with her late husband in the rural Garden Plain Township area. She was a member of Second Reformed Church, Fulton, IL; the church's Ladies Aid Society, Willing Workers and Mission Circle. She served as a Sunday school teacher for 33 years. She was also member of the Harbor Crest Nursing Home Auxiliary and a chapter sponsor for Future Homemakers of America. Esther enjoyed needle work including needle point, embroidery, sewing, baking, canning, gardening and playing cards. Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis (Al) Heun of Fulton, IL, Margaret (Gene) Pessman of Morrison, IL; one son, Vernon (Linda) Smith of Fulton, IL; one daughter-in-law, Sylvia Smith of Chula Vista, CA; fourteen grandchildren: Kevin (Susan) Heun, Kimberly Wolf, Kurt (Kristi) Heun; Craig Pessman, Joy (Don) Tegeler, Becky McLuckie; Kathy (Brent) Stoecker, Susan (Bill) Phillips, Betsy (Don) Jones, Carrie (Matt) Goodding, Eric (Deidre) Smith; Stephanie (Nicholas) Proud, Mark (Kim) Smith and Russell (Aom) Smith; four stepgrandchildren, Sylvia O‚Neal, Nicole (Robert) Kennedy, Marcos (Alexandra) Chapman, Edward Chapman; twenty-five great grandchildren; six step great-grandchildren; and one sister, Pauline Koenes, Fulton, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter; one son: Robert Smith; two sisters, Pherna Prins, Lida Etnyre; two brothers, Charlie and Paul Geerts. Death date: June 20, 2009
Published in the Clinton Herald from 6/22/2009 - 6/24/2009