Louis Ward Smith (1901-1934)

SMITH, HITCHINGS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 3/5/2021 at 21:59:28

From Nevada Evening Journal February 23, 1934 (page 3)

Smith Funeral Services Thursday

Funeral services for the late L. Ward Smith, Nevada man, who died from asphyxiation late Monday, were held Thursday afternoon at Memorial Lutheran church with Dr. J. O. Simon in charge and interment followed in the Nevada cemetery.

The church was billed with relatives and friends
of the deceased and the floral offerings were beautiful.

Pallbearers were Guy Selby, Alba Mills, John Brodie, Carl Sandrock, Lynn Lock, and Ira McNatton.

Among the relatives and friends from out of the city who were here for the service were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hitchings and baby of Melbourne and Mra. and Mrs. Ralph Hitchings and little daughter of Odebolt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuler and Harley Schuler of State Center, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Honeck and Annie German of State Center, Josie and Arnold Edler of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sipling and Carrie and Esther Sipling of Des Moines, Mrs. Lewis Albaugh of Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Baldus of Story City, Mrs. Frank Mattingly of Gilbert, Alice Chinn of Marshalltown and possibly others.

Louis Ward Smith was born at Toledo, Ohio, April 17, 1901 and died February 20, 1934, age 33 years, 10 months and 3 days. The family first removed to Illinois and Ward finally came out to Iowa in 1932 and his home had since been in or near Nevada.

He was married October 24, 1925 to Mabel Florence Hitchings at Boone, Iowa. He leaves besides his wife, four children, Donald Wayne 7, Dale LeRoy 6, Max Gene 3, and Richard Dean 16 months.

He had been with the Nevada Coal and Ice Company since March 1926, the most of the time as manager. He was capable and dependable and popular among the business people of the city with whom he came in contact.