Judson M. Smith, 77, of rural Rock Valley died Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at Hegg Memorial Hospital in Rock Valley.
Services were Saturday at the Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley with the Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Burial was in the Valley View Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born Jan. 25, 1918, in Rock Valley, the son of Cecil and Mabel (Long) Smith.
He graduated from Rock Valley High School in 1936.
He married Frances Anderson May 20, 1938, in Rock Rapids. The couple farmed on the Smith Homestead farm east of Rock Valley, which was homesteaded in the 1890s.
He was in partnership with Matt Huisman in the Allis Chalmers dealership from 1954 to 1973.
Mr. Smith served on the Rock Valley Community School board for 23 years, beginning in 1958. He also served on the Iowa Irrigation Board for 15 years and the Sioux County Zoning Board.
He was a member of Pioneer United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife; three sons and their wives, Roger and Dorothy and Robert and Nancy, all of Rock Valley and Douglas and Dee of Sioux City; a daughter, Diane.Olson of Sioux City; a sister, Letha Tibbets of Redlands, CA; 12 grandchildren and three-great-grandchildren.
Rock Valley Bee 1995-06-28.
Judson M. Smith, 77, of rural Rock Valley died Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at Hegg Memorial Hospital in Rock Valley.
Services were Saturday at the Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley with the Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Burial was in the Valley View Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born Jan. 25, 1918, in Rock Valley, the son of Cecil and Mabel (Long) Smith.
He graduated from Rock Valley High School in 1936.
He married Frances Anderson May 20, 1938, in Rock Rapids. The couple farmed on the Smith Homestead farm east of Rock Valley, which was homesteaded in the 1890s.
He was in partnership with Matt Huisman in the Allis Chalmers dealership from 1954 to 1973.
Mr. Smith served on the Rock Valley Community School board for 23 years, beginning in 1958. He also served on the Iowa Irrigation Board for 15 years and the Sioux County Zoning Board.
He was a member of Pioneer United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife; three sons and their wives, Roger and Dorothy and Robert and Nancy, all of Rock Valley and Douglas and Dee of Sioux City; a daughter, Diane.Olson of Sioux City; a sister, Letha Tibbets of Redlands, CA; 12 grandchildren and three-great-grandchildren.
Rock Valley Bee 1995-06-28.
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