Smith, James Glen 1893-1947

SMITH, TEED, NEIGHBOR, NEAL, OWENS, CHRISTENSEN, ANDERSON, DREZGA, MUNNELL, DICKENSON, HENNAMAN

Posted By: Jan Williams (email)
Date: 8/12/2003 at 22:46:51

GLEN SMITH

James "Glen" Smith 71, a resident of this city since 1947 died Sunday night Feb. 9, 1964 in the Veterans Hospital at Des Moines, IA. He had entered the hospital Wednesday of last week. Mr. Smith had been in poor health the past 6 months.

The son of William Edward Smith and Belle Neighbor Smith, he was born Feb. 8, 1893 at Baxter.

He attended country school at Baxter.

Mr. Smith was married to Arminda Teed, Feb. 11, 1918 at Des Moines. In 1930 he moved from near Baxter to the Valeria area and in 1947 came to make his home in Cofax. His occupation was farming.

He was a veteran of World War I and was a memeber of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign War.

Mr. Smith was preceded in death by a son, Delmar Sept. 1, 1955, his parents, three brothers and seven sisters.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters Mrs. Lillian Owens of Newton and Mrs. Janetta Christensen of Des Moines: five sons, Wayne, Leo, Darvin and Norman all of Colfax and Harold of Grass Valley, Calif. and 16 grandchildren.

Also surviving Mrs. Audry Anderson of Sacremento CA., Mrs. Zena Drezga of Grass Valley, CA., Mrs. Jennie Munnell and Mrs. Jessie Dickenson, both of Los Angeles, CA. and Mrs. Virgil Hennaman of Marshalltown.

Funeral services will be held Thrusday (today) at Walters Funeral Home at 2:pm Rev. Dale Nicholson, minister of the Colfax Methodist Church will conduct the services.

Singing will be by Mrs Darrold Hunter and Miss Mable Kalenberg. Mrs. Frank B. Evans will be the accompanist.

Bearers: Thomas Owens, Charles O'Roake, Richard Butt, Wilber Hunter,James Field and Gerald Zachary.

Flower committee: Mrs. Loren Clark and Mrs. Richard Butt.

Burial will be in the Colfax Cemetery. Miltiary graveside rites will be by Jones-Willis Legion Post of Colfax.