Smith, Harriet J. (Hammerly) 1928-2013

SMITH, HAMMERLY, JONES, KNAPE, WEBSTER, DURHAM, KOCH, TJOSSEM, SLINGS, SECOR

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Date: 1/19/2013 at 07:24:16

Harriet J. (Hammerly) Smith, 84, of Hills, formerly of Newton, died on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at the Atrium Village in Hills.

Memorial Services are pending at the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News website.
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Harriet J. (Hammerly) Smith
December 06, 1928 - January 15, 2013
Hills, Iowa; formerly of Newton, Iowa

Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Congregational United Church of Christ, 308 E. 2nd St. N. in Newton.
Visitation: The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2013 at the church.
Those left to honor Harriet’s memory are her husband of sixty-three years, Robert; children, Ellis (Kathy) Smith of North Liberty, Tim Smith of Iowa City, Julie (Jim) Jones of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and Brian (Gina) Smith of Ames; her eleven grandchildren, Scott (Jennifer) Smith, Ellie (Andy) Knape, Michelle (Mike) Webster, Allison Smith, Michael Smith, Jill Jones (fiancé, Nate Durham), Jackie (Dan) Koch, Jenny Jones, Erin, Drew, and Leah Smith; seven great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Mitchell, Joanie, Joshua, Alexa, Hudson, and Jacob; her two sisters, Joan (and Wilmer) Tjossem of Indianola, and Miriam Slings of Grand Haven, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Linda in infancy; brother, Raymond S. Hammerly; and sister, Carolyn Secor.

Harriet was a graduate of Newton High School in 1946. She graduated from Iowa State University with her BS Degree in Home Economics Education.

Harriet taught Home Economics at Central Junior High School in Newton for six years. She then went to work for the Iowa State University Extension working in Jasper and Marshall County.

Harriet was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ in Newton, Newton Alumni Association, Wittemberg Church Women’s Fellowship, Oakridge Grange, Mother’s Club, Questers, Iowa Master Farm Homemaker, Jasper County Women’s Farm Bureau, and PEO.

Memorials to Newton Community Educational Foundation, Iowa 4-H Foundation, Congregational United Church of Christ in Newton, or Iowa City Hospice may be left at the church at the time of the visitation & service or they also may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Smith Family on the envelope.

If you would like to share your thoughts and memories, we will deliver your message to the family. ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home Website, Newton, Iowa.