SMITH, Nellie (CRANE) 1879-1957

SMITH, CATCOTT, CRANE, NELSON, KIGER, COOPER

Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 11/13/2011 at 19:42:21

Fairfield (IA) Ledger
Page 8
Tuesday, 23 July 1957

SMITH Funeral To Be Thursday

Mrs. Charlie C. SMITH, 78, lifetime resident of Jefferson county, passed away about 3:05 a.m. today at Briggs-Eskew Nursing home where she had been a patient the past six months.

She had been in failing health the past several years and in serious condition the past few months.

Last rites will be at the Weston Behner funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. D.O. Van Dyne officiating. Burial will be in the Lambert (sic - Lambirth) cemetery southeast of Glasgow.

Mrs. Charlie SMITH was born April 5, 1879, at Glasgow, the daughter of Charlie and Susan CATCOTT CRANE. She was united in marriage on Jan. 30, 1901, to Charlie SMITH of Kilbourne. She was a member of the Union church east of Glasgow.

Mrs. SMITH moved to Fairfield from the Lockridge community 10 years ago.

She is survived by her husband; two sons, Orril SMITH, Birmingham; and Cecil SMITH, Davenport; also a daughter, Mrs. George NELSON, Fairfield. She is also survived by four grandchildren; two brothers, William and Walter CRANE, both of Mt. Pleasant; two sisters, Mrs. Orpha KIGER, Mt. Pleasant; and Mrs. Cora COOPER, Salem.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.

Transcribed for genealogy purposes, I am a SMITH descendant.