Smith, Walter Scott – 1895-1936

SMITH

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:35

Graveside rites were held for Wallie Smith at the McKeever cemetery Saturday at 3:30 o’clock.
Source: Colfax (IA) Tribune;4-30-36 (extracted from Plummer Grove News)

Walter S. Smith Dies At 41 Years
Walter Scott Smith, 41, Jasper county PWA worker, died Wednesday afternoon at his home.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, although the services will probably be held Saturday.
Source: Newton Daily News; April 23, 1936, page 8

Conduct Smith Services At Local Mortuary
Funeral services for Walter Scott Smith, 1, were conducted from the Toland funeral home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. by the Rev. L. E. Bobbitt of the First Baptist church.
Earnest L. Earley furnished the music for the rites, singing “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” and “Face to Face.” He was accompanied at the piano by Florence Sherman.
Interment was in the McKeever cemetery at Colfax, with six fellow PWA workers serving as pallbearers.
Mr. Smith died Wednesday afternoon at his home in Newton, following a short illness.
Source: Newton Daily News; April 28, 1936, page 1