Smith, Frances (Mrs. Judson) - 1918-2005

SMITH, ANDERSON, ERICKSON

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden - Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/15/2014 at 17:44:38

Northwest Iowa Review, February 26, 2005

Rock Valley - Frances Smith, 86, Rock Valley, died Saturday, Feb. 19, at Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley.

Services were Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley, with the Rev. Jerry Robertson officiating. Burial was at Valley View Cemetery in Rock Valley, under the direction of Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.

Frances Smith, daughter of Andrew & Kate (Erickson) Anderson, was born Dec. 2, 1918, in Doon. She married Judson Smith on May 20, 1938, in Rock Rapids. They lived east of Rock Valley. She was a Shaklee distributor for many years. Mr. Smith died June 21, 1995. She continued to live east of Rock Valley, until moving to Valley Manor Nursing Home in Rock Valley in April 2001. She was a 50 year member of Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley.

Survivors include three sons, Roger & Dorothy Smith of Rock Valley, Robert & Nancy Smith of Rock Valley, and Douglas & Dee Smith of Sioux City; a daughter, Diane Olson of Emerson, NE; 12 grandchildren; a brother, W.E. "Speck" & Barb Anderson of Rock Valley; three sisters-in-law, Dorothy Anderson of Hawarden, Martha Anderson of Doon, and Letha Tibbetts of Yucaipa, CA, and a lifelong friend, Mildred Klein of Rock Valley.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Judson Smith; and four brothers, Ivan Anderson, Elmer Anderson, Adolph "Stub" Anderson, and Jim Anderson.