Mrs. Melvin B. Smith, a respected pioneer resident of Rock Valley was taken to Sioux Falls on Oct. 21 to the McKennan hospital to undergo an operation for cancer with the confident hope that relief might be obtained, but all medical skill could do was of no avail and on Monday night Oct. 28, 1929 the celestial chariot swinging low, conveyed her liberated spirit to the blissful regions of immortality.
Mrs. Emma E. Smith, nee Woods, was born in Steubensville, Ohio on Nov. 1, 1863 and at the time of her demise had attained the age of 65 years.
In 1865 she came to Jasper county, Iowa with her parents where she grew to womanhood and formed the acquaintance of Melvin B. Smith which ripened into mutual esteem and on Dec. 2, 1890 they were married at the Hixon Grove chapel.
Six children were born to this union, one dying in infancy.
In 1895 the family came to Sioux county and settled on a farm in this vicinity and four years later moved to Rock Valley where they resided until her demise.
She was a member of the Methodist church from which funeral services were conducted. Burial took place in Valley View cemetery.
Besides her husband and five children she also leaves three sisters and five brothers to mourn her death.
Alton Democrat 1929-11-08.
Mrs. Melvin B. Smith, a respected pioneer resident of Rock Valley was taken to Sioux Falls on Oct. 21 to the McKennan hospital to undergo an operation for cancer with the confident hope that relief might be obtained, but all medical skill could do was of no avail and on Monday night Oct. 28, 1929 the celestial chariot swinging low, conveyed her liberated spirit to the blissful regions of immortality.
Mrs. Emma E. Smith, nee Woods, was born in Steubensville, Ohio on Nov. 1, 1863 and at the time of her demise had attained the age of 65 years.
In 1865 she came to Jasper county, Iowa with her parents where she grew to womanhood and formed the acquaintance of Melvin B. Smith which ripened into mutual esteem and on Dec. 2, 1890 they were married at the Hixon Grove chapel.
Six children were born to this union, one dying in infancy.
In 1895 the family came to Sioux county and settled on a farm in this vicinity and four years later moved to Rock Valley where they resided until her demise.
She was a member of the Methodist church from which funeral services were conducted. Burial took place in Valley View cemetery.
Besides her husband and five children she also leaves three sisters and five brothers to mourn her death.
Alton Democrat 1929-11-08.
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