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Anna Myrtle Smith

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Anna Myrtle Smith

Birth
Carroll Township, Tama County, Iowa, USA
Death
13 Feb 1970 (aged 91)
Montrose, McCook County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Miss Anna M. Smith, 91, long-time Hawarden, resident, passed away Friday, February 13, at the Hawarden Hospital after a number of weeks of failing strength.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Feburary 16, at the Associated Church in Hawarden with Rev. Herbert Young officiating. Mrs. Hal Shoemaker was organist and Mrs. Ralph Gregg, Jr., sang "How Great Thou Art" and "Crossing The Bar." Casket bearers were Ralph Gregg, Art Gregg, Glenn Gregg, Taylor Flynn, Glenn Olsen and Calvin Smith.
Miss Smith was born Feburary 1, 1879, at Traer and spent her childhood years in the vicinity of Traer, Gladbrook and Conrad. In 1892 at the age of 13, she came with her family to Hawarden in early Sioux County. The family lived on a farm three miles southeast of Hawarden for eight years, moving into Hawarden in 1900.
Anna was a twin and her life was closely knit to that of her twin sister, Jennie, who was to become Mrs. R.A. (Jennie) Shriner of the Hawarden Community. The sisters lived in the same homes for all but a few years of their lives and attended the Hawarden High School. Both became teachers.
Miss Smith went on to further training in the Minneapolis Art Institute and also at Stout Institute in Menominee, Wisconsin. She taught school for 14 years, two years in a rural school about five miles southeast of Hawarden and 12 years in the Hawarden public schools.
Her membership in the Presbyterian Church, later to become the Associated, dates back to 1892 and she had a continuous record of membership and service for more than 77 years. She was active in worship and choir, taught Sunday school for half a century, served as superintendent for a period, and was active in the church women's organizations.
She was the first president of the Hawarden Woman's Club and was active in it until her declining years. She was a member of the first Hospital board. More than half a century ago she was elected to P.E.O. and this past year was awarded the 50 year Guard for her long and faithful service.
She is survived by her twin sister, Mrs. Jennie Shriner; a niece; two nephews; ten grand-nieces and nephews; three great-grand nieces and cousins.


The Independent (Hawarden, Iowa) 2/19/1970

Miss Anna M. Smith, 91, long-time Hawarden, resident, passed away Friday, February 13, at the Hawarden Hospital after a number of weeks of failing strength.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Feburary 16, at the Associated Church in Hawarden with Rev. Herbert Young officiating. Mrs. Hal Shoemaker was organist and Mrs. Ralph Gregg, Jr., sang "How Great Thou Art" and "Crossing The Bar." Casket bearers were Ralph Gregg, Art Gregg, Glenn Gregg, Taylor Flynn, Glenn Olsen and Calvin Smith.
Miss Smith was born Feburary 1, 1879, at Traer and spent her childhood years in the vicinity of Traer, Gladbrook and Conrad. In 1892 at the age of 13, she came with her family to Hawarden in early Sioux County. The family lived on a farm three miles southeast of Hawarden for eight years, moving into Hawarden in 1900.
Anna was a twin and her life was closely knit to that of her twin sister, Jennie, who was to become Mrs. R.A. (Jennie) Shriner of the Hawarden Community. The sisters lived in the same homes for all but a few years of their lives and attended the Hawarden High School. Both became teachers.
Miss Smith went on to further training in the Minneapolis Art Institute and also at Stout Institute in Menominee, Wisconsin. She taught school for 14 years, two years in a rural school about five miles southeast of Hawarden and 12 years in the Hawarden public schools.
Her membership in the Presbyterian Church, later to become the Associated, dates back to 1892 and she had a continuous record of membership and service for more than 77 years. She was active in worship and choir, taught Sunday school for half a century, served as superintendent for a period, and was active in the church women's organizations.
She was the first president of the Hawarden Woman's Club and was active in it until her declining years. She was a member of the first Hospital board. More than half a century ago she was elected to P.E.O. and this past year was awarded the 50 year Guard for her long and faithful service.
She is survived by her twin sister, Mrs. Jennie Shriner; a niece; two nephews; ten grand-nieces and nephews; three great-grand nieces and cousins.


The Independent (Hawarden, Iowa) 2/19/1970



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