OBITUARY, published Nov. 3, 1990, in the South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana):
William E. Smith
Aug. 22, 1919 - Nov. 1, 1990
WESTVILLE - Services for William E. "Pops" Smith, 71, of New Durham Estates, who died at 4:50 a.m. Thursday at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, after an illness, will be at Weaver Funeral Home. Burial will be in Westville Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home, where American Legion Post 21 will conduct a service at 7 p.m.
Mr. Smith was a retired press operator for Studebaker. He was born Aug 22, 1919, in New Carlisle, living most of his lifetime in the area. On Dec. 24, 1947, in South Bend, he married Hazel I. Lichtenbarger. She died June 30, 1989. Surviving are four daughters; a son; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two sisters, Dorothy Kolczynski and Doris Charles, both of South Bend; and a brother, Gerald of Buchanan. He was a member of Westville United Methodist Church, Westville American Legion Post 21 and Westville VFW, and was a World War II Army veteran.
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According to the 1940 census, Mr. Smith had an 8th grade education.
His first marriage was to Elizabeth Ann Doyle, on May 16, 1942, in South Bend, Indiana. Two daughters were born to his first marriage; the marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Smith 2ndly married on December 24, 1947, to Hazel Irene LICHTENBARGER; a son and two daughters were born to his second marriage.
William E. Smith
Aug. 22, 1919 - Nov. 1, 1990
WESTVILLE - Services for William E. "Pops" Smith, 71, of New Durham Estates, who died at 4:50 a.m. Thursday at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, after an illness, will be at Weaver Funeral Home. Burial will be in Westville Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home, where American Legion Post 21 will conduct a service at 7 p.m.
Mr. Smith was a retired press operator for Studebaker. He was born Aug 22, 1919, in New Carlisle, living most of his lifetime in the area. On Dec. 24, 1947, in South Bend, he married Hazel I. Lichtenbarger. She died June 30, 1989. Surviving are four daughters; a son; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two sisters, Dorothy Kolczynski and Doris Charles, both of South Bend; and a brother, Gerald of Buchanan. He was a member of Westville United Methodist Church, Westville American Legion Post 21 and Westville VFW, and was a World War II Army veteran.
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According to the 1940 census, Mr. Smith had an 8th grade education.
His first marriage was to Elizabeth Ann Doyle, on May 16, 1942, in South Bend, Indiana. Two daughters were born to his first marriage; the marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Smith 2ndly married on December 24, 1947, to Hazel Irene LICHTENBARGER; a son and two daughters were born to his second marriage.
OBITUARY, published Nov. 3, 1990, in the South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana):
William E. Smith
Aug. 22, 1919 - Nov. 1, 1990
WESTVILLE - Services for William E. "Pops" Smith, 71, of New Durham Estates, who died at 4:50 a.m. Thursday at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, after an illness, will be at Weaver Funeral Home. Burial will be in Westville Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home, where American Legion Post 21 will conduct a service at 7 p.m.
Mr. Smith was a retired press operator for Studebaker. He was born Aug 22, 1919, in New Carlisle, living most of his lifetime in the area. On Dec. 24, 1947, in South Bend, he married Hazel I. Lichtenbarger. She died June 30, 1989. Surviving are four daughters; a son; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two sisters, Dorothy Kolczynski and Doris Charles, both of South Bend; and a brother, Gerald of Buchanan. He was a member of Westville United Methodist Church, Westville American Legion Post 21 and Westville VFW, and was a World War II Army veteran.
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According to the 1940 census, Mr. Smith had an 8th grade education.
His first marriage was to Elizabeth Ann Doyle, on May 16, 1942, in South Bend, Indiana. Two daughters were born to his first marriage; the marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Smith 2ndly married on December 24, 1947, to Hazel Irene LICHTENBARGER; a son and two daughters were born to his second marriage.
William E. Smith
Aug. 22, 1919 - Nov. 1, 1990
WESTVILLE - Services for William E. "Pops" Smith, 71, of New Durham Estates, who died at 4:50 a.m. Thursday at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, after an illness, will be at Weaver Funeral Home. Burial will be in Westville Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home, where American Legion Post 21 will conduct a service at 7 p.m.
Mr. Smith was a retired press operator for Studebaker. He was born Aug 22, 1919, in New Carlisle, living most of his lifetime in the area. On Dec. 24, 1947, in South Bend, he married Hazel I. Lichtenbarger. She died June 30, 1989. Surviving are four daughters; a son; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two sisters, Dorothy Kolczynski and Doris Charles, both of South Bend; and a brother, Gerald of Buchanan. He was a member of Westville United Methodist Church, Westville American Legion Post 21 and Westville VFW, and was a World War II Army veteran.
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According to the 1940 census, Mr. Smith had an 8th grade education.
His first marriage was to Elizabeth Ann Doyle, on May 16, 1942, in South Bend, Indiana. Two daughters were born to his first marriage; the marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Smith 2ndly married on December 24, 1947, to Hazel Irene LICHTENBARGER; a son and two daughters were born to his second marriage.
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