Diane D. Smith, 1953-2012

SMITH, PHELPS, MCCALMANT, MERE, BERRY, BLADES, THOMSEN, FARRINGTON, SHACKFORD, JOHNSON

Posted By: Janet A. Brandt (email)
Date: 9/29/2013 at 09:25:05

Diane D. Smith
March 22, 1953–June 12, 2012

Diane D. Smith, 59, of Cedar Rapids, died on June 12, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Family greeted friends from 4 - 8 p.m. Friday, June 15 at the funeral home. Burial was at 12:30 p.m. at the Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Iowa.

Survivors include her mother, Rose Ilene Mere of Wyoming; children, Angela Phelp and Courtney Smith, both of Des Moines and Travis Smith of Cedar Rapids; siblings, David (Mary) Phelps and Jack Berry, both of Cedar Rapids and Tracey (Gordon) Blades of Riverside, Ruth Thomsen of Marion and Brenda Farrington of Wyoming; grandchildren, Ezekiel Phelps, Tavish Shackford, Brooklyn Smith, Anthony Smith and Payton Johnson; and one great grandson, Amare Frazier Phelps.

She was preceded in death by her father, David Harris Phelps; husband Howard Smith; brother, James Berry III; and sister, Betty Ann Phelps.

Diane was born March 22, 1953, daughter of David Harris and Rose (McCalmant) Phelps. She later became a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Wyoming.

Source: Midland Times, Wyoming, Iowa, June 22, 2012