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Russell Owen Smiley

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Russell Owen Smiley

Birth
Hope, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Death
22 Dec 1958 (aged 84)
Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Hope, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 99 on hill
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Evening Republican, Columbus, Indiana
Tues., December 23, 1958, p.2

RUSSEL O. SMILEY, 84, DIES

Russel O. Smiley, 84, of Hope, died at 3:45 o'clock Monday afternoon at Sharp's nursing home near Columbus.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Norman Funeral Home in Hope by the Rev. Raymond Brown of Edinburgh. Burial will be at the Moravian Cemetery in Hope. The casket will be open from 7 until 9 o'clock Wednesday night and after 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Madelon Miller of Columbus and Mrs. Juanita Walton of Edinburgh; a son, Charles Smiley of Columbus; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Shipley of Anderson.

Mr. Smiley was born Sept. 26, 1874, in Hope to Curtis and Mary (Bruner) Smiley. In 1898 he was married to Miss Ona Cotner, who died Aug. 21, 1957. Mr. Smiley was a retired farmer and had lived his entire life in the Hope community. He had been in ill health for a year.

Obituary provided by Linda Meyer.
Evening Republican, Columbus, Indiana
Tues., December 23, 1958, p.2

RUSSEL O. SMILEY, 84, DIES

Russel O. Smiley, 84, of Hope, died at 3:45 o'clock Monday afternoon at Sharp's nursing home near Columbus.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Norman Funeral Home in Hope by the Rev. Raymond Brown of Edinburgh. Burial will be at the Moravian Cemetery in Hope. The casket will be open from 7 until 9 o'clock Wednesday night and after 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Madelon Miller of Columbus and Mrs. Juanita Walton of Edinburgh; a son, Charles Smiley of Columbus; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Shipley of Anderson.

Mr. Smiley was born Sept. 26, 1874, in Hope to Curtis and Mary (Bruner) Smiley. In 1898 he was married to Miss Ona Cotner, who died Aug. 21, 1957. Mr. Smiley was a retired farmer and had lived his entire life in the Hope community. He had been in ill health for a year.

Obituary provided by Linda Meyer.


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