L. Eugene Smith, 14 Apr 1936 - 03 June 2006

SMITH, COLLINS, WELDON, HAWKINS, KROUL, WRIGHT

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 6/7/2006 at 07:32:58

L. Eugene Smith, 70, of Vinton, formerly of Marengo and Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, June 3, 2006, in his home following a sudden illness. Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Kloster Funeral Home in Marengo, by the Rev. Morris Hurd. Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Marengo. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.

Survivors include a son, David and wife Lori of West Des Moines; two daughters, Teresa Kroul and husband Greg of Damascus, Md., and Cherlyn Wright and husband Ross of Batavia; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three sisters, LaVonne Hawkins of Brooklyn, Sharon McComb of Longmont, Colo., and Donna Throndson and husband Larry of Hiawatha.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Marilyn; a niece and a nephew.

Lowell Eugene Smith was born April 14, 1936, in Carroll, Iowa, the son of Lowell R. and Dorothea Collins Smith. He received his education in Iowa County schools and graduated from Marengo High School in 1954. He married Marilyn Margaret Weldon on June 26, 1954, in Marengo. Eugene was employed at Amana Refrigeration. Later he owned and operated the Truckers Inn in Marengo. Prior to retirement, he was an over-the-road trucker.

klosterfuneralhome & Cedar Rapids Gazette., 6 June 2006, 4b