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Cleo E. Smith, 05 May 1923 - 22 Jul 2016

SMITH, MCCALLISTER, ANDREWS, DANIELS

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 7/29/2016 at 16:44:43

Cleo E. Smith, 93, Williamsburg, died Friday, July 22, 2016, at the English Valley Care Center, North English. A celebration of life memorial service will be held at a later date.

Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, is in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Cleo E. Smith was born May 5, 1923, in Williamsburg, the daughter of Earl B. and Rebecca (McCallister) Smith. She graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1940 and received her BS at SUI in 1944. She enlisted in the USN Waves Hospital Corps and served from 1944 to 1946.

After returning from the service, she received her certificate in physical therapy in 1947 from SUI and later her MA in education from the University of Iowa in 1957. She worked as a physical therapist for 40 years, initially in polio myelists, a handicapped children’s school, private practices in Iowa, California, Georgia, Arizona, Florida and Hawaii. She worked two years as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, traveling to Europe, the Orient and Mexico before returning to Williamsburg in 1987 to assist her brother, Dean.

She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Williamsburg. She served on the Friends of the Library board and delivered meals for HACAP. She enjoyed bowling and golfing for many years.

Smith is survived by one nephew, Dean Earl (Connie) Smith and their children, Mallory, Dallas and Marissa, all Ankeny; a sister-in-law, Shirley Smith, Williamsburg, and many friends, including the 510 Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Alice Smith Andrews and Virginia Smith Daniels, and two brothers, Dean E. Smith and Geo Eugene Smith.

Journal Tribune, 27 Jul 2016, pg 5
Gazette, 24 Jul 2016, 7c [abbreviated]


 

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