Glenn Ford Smith (1968)

BLACK, CLAMPITT, FORD, FREDERICK, SHOEMAKER, SMITH, VAN TOLL, WRIGHT

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 12/25/2006 at 20:07:10

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 13, 1968
Page 5, Column 5

Earlham Funeral For GLEN F. SMITH

Glen F. Smith, of Earlham died at the Veterans hospital in Des Moines, Friday evening, March 8, 1968, after an illness of several months. Mr. Smith was a native of Madison county, being a son of William John and Sadie Ford Smith and was born in Jackson township, June 28, 1894.

He was raised in Jackson township, and during World War I, he served with the 210th Engineers, and was a member of the American Legion and Presbyterian church.

His marriage to Maud Frederick of Webster township, was solemnized, March 10th, 1920. They were the parents of three children, who with the mother survive him; Dale Smith of Phoenix, Arizona, Martha Van Toll and Keith Smith of Appleton, Wisconsin. Ten grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.

In March 1936, Mr. and Mrs. Smith moved to a farm near Wausaukee, Wisconsin where they resided until 1951. The eleven following years they resided in Appleton, where Mr. Smith was employed at Lawrence college. Upon his retirement in August 1962 they moved to Earlham, where they have since resided.

In addition to his wife, children and grandchildren, he also leaves one brother and four sisters: Frank E. Smith of Nevada, Mrs. Helen Wright of Granger, Mrs. Bess Clampitt of Earlham, Mrs. Laura Black of St. Charles, and Mrs. Gertrude Shoemaker of Winterset.

The Rev. Gene Kinney conducted the funeral service, at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 11th, at the Presbyterian church in Earlham. Burial was in the Earlham cemetery.
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