Lauritz Smith (1876-1935)

SMITH, TEGLAND, FALK, WILSON, VINSON, BRUE, MILLS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 7/30/2024 at 20:56:44

From Story City Herald March 7, 1935 (page 1)

FORMER STORY CITY BOY DIED IN WASHINGTON

Lauritz Smith, Born Here in 1876, Passed Away at Kennewick Feb. 13

Relatives here have received word of the death of Lauritz Smith, which occurred Feb. 13 at Kennewick, Wash. From the Kennewick Courier-Reporter of Feb. 14 we take the following account of his illness and death:

Lauritz Smith, 58, passed away at the Pasco hospital Wednesday night, where he had undergone a major operation on Feb. 4. His condition had been serious from the first and he had undergone several blood transfusions, and everything was done that could be, it is stated.

He was born March 11, 1876, at Story City, Iowa, and came to Genesee, Idaho, in 1880, with his parents, crossing the plains and mountains in a covered wagon. He was educated in the Idaho schools and attended the University of Idaho. He was married to Miss Josephine Tegland of Story City in 1898 and came to Kennewick in 1904 and started the home on the banks of the Columbia river which they have continued to improve for more than a quarter of a century.

In 1908 he opened a machine shop in Kennewick and in 1916 went into the garage business with Alex Bier and his brother Al Smith, and took an active interest in the business until about four years ago, when he retained interest, but returned to the farm.

He is survived by his widow and six children, Albert of Coulee City, A. Mark of Fort Wayne, and Roland, in high school; and three daughters, Mrs. A. J. Falk of Amber, Mrs. S. J. Wilson of Goldendale and Mrs. A. Vinson of Kennewick; also by his aged mother, Mrs. Ingvald Smith, two brothers and three sisters, Al and John Smith, Mrs. Ole Brue, Mrs. L. A. Tweedt and Mrs. Fred Mills, all of Kennewick.