SMITH, Roy M.: 1889-1915

SMITH, SANDFORD

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Date: 6/5/2013 at 00:42:32

Roy M. Smith.

Roy M. Smith, son of Wallace E. and Mary S. Smith, was born at Bonaparte, Iowa, August 15, 1889, and died at Sacramento, California, Feb. 24, 1915, aged twenty-five years, six months, and nine days.

He attended the Bonaparte schools, after which he took a course of civil engineering at the Iowa State College at Ames, also at the Montana State College at Butte. Since 1911 he has been employed as civil engineer and for the past two years has been located at Sacramento, Calif., and vicinity.

He became seriou8sly ill of typhoid fever a few days ago. The relatives here were notified, and his brother, E.C., started for California on Feb. 22, reaching there the day after his decease.

The remains will reach here Tuesday or Wednesday and the funeral services will be held from the old home with the Rev. L.T. Hughes officiating on Wednesday or Thursday afternoon.

He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Folsom, Cal., and the Masons will have charge of the services at the cemetery.

He leaves one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Mary Sandford, E.C., and Elmer E. One brother, Wallace, died at the age of five years.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 97, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA