Barbara (Victora) Smith (1924)

LANCOR, SHATAVA, SMITH, VICTORA, ZEEP

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 2/7/2007 at 18:20:42

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
August 1924

OBITUARY

Barbara Smith, wife of John W. Smith, was born in Bohemia February 20th, 1860 and passed away at the home of her son Albert in Des Moines August 10th, 1924, at the age of 64 years, 5 months, and 20 days.

With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victora, she came to America at the age of four and located with the family in the vicinity of Earlham.

In 1893 she was united in marriage to John W. Smith. To this union were born two sons, Albert and Frank, both of Des Moines. These with the husband and two children of a former marriage, Mrs. Nellie Lancor, of Bensonville, Ill., and Jim Zeep, of Chicago, Ill., and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Shatava, of Bridgewater, Iowa, and Miss Anna Victora, of Los Angeles, Calif., still survive. Two daughters of the first union died in young girlhood.

Mrs. Smith with her husband left Earlham October 27th, 1923, to spend the winter with her daughter in Bensonville. In January she submitted to an operation which was futile. Knowing she could not recover, Mrs. Smith expressed a wish to return to her home to spend the remaining days of her life. She was removed as far as Des Moines, where she was taken to the home of her son in the hope of enlisting successful medical aid. In this she was partially successful, having greatly improved in health, until she was suddenly stricken and quickly succumbed.

Mrs. Smith joined the Presbyterian Church in Earlham in 1901, and although not actively engaged in the work of the church because of ill health, she held steadfast to her …….best remembered by those who knew her well for her quick sympathy and kindly deeds.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, August 21, 1924
Page 7

Earlham

Mrs. Barbara Smith, who died at the home of her son, Frank, in Des Moines, Sunday evening, was buried here Wednesday from the Presbyterian church. Relatives from a distance at the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheelock of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle of Fremont, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Lue Shatava and three children of Fontanelle, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lancor of Bensonville, Ill.

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