Mabel Smith, 96, of Rock Valley died Monday, May 7, 1990, in Valley Manor Nursing Home in Rock Valley.
Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10 in Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley with the Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Burial was in Valley View Cemetery. Visitation was held at the Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.
Mrs. Smith, the former Mabel Long, was born Feb. 11, 1894, in Sanborn, the daughter of Ira and Alice (Thomas) Long.
She moved to Rock Valley as a child and graduated from Rock Valley High School.
She taught, country school until her marriage to Cecil Smith June 30, 1915, at Rock Valley.
She was a substitute rural mail carrier from 1926 to 1929. The couple moved to Valley Manor in April 1984. He died Sept. 27, 1984.
Mrs. Smith was a member of Pioneer United Methodist Church since April 4, 1915.
Survivors include a son, Judson of Rock Valley; a daughter, Mrs. Letha Tibbetts of Gig Harbor, Wash.; two sisters, Irene Hansen of Rock Valley and Lois Goldsmith of Sequim, Wash.; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Rock Valley Bee 1990-05-16.
Mabel Smith, 96, of Rock Valley died Monday, May 7, 1990, in Valley Manor Nursing Home in Rock Valley.
Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10 in Pioneer United Methodist Church in Rock Valley with the Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Burial was in Valley View Cemetery. Visitation was held at the Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.
Mrs. Smith, the former Mabel Long, was born Feb. 11, 1894, in Sanborn, the daughter of Ira and Alice (Thomas) Long.
She moved to Rock Valley as a child and graduated from Rock Valley High School.
She taught, country school until her marriage to Cecil Smith June 30, 1915, at Rock Valley.
She was a substitute rural mail carrier from 1926 to 1929. The couple moved to Valley Manor in April 1984. He died Sept. 27, 1984.
Mrs. Smith was a member of Pioneer United Methodist Church since April 4, 1915.
Survivors include a son, Judson of Rock Valley; a daughter, Mrs. Letha Tibbetts of Gig Harbor, Wash.; two sisters, Irene Hansen of Rock Valley and Lois Goldsmith of Sequim, Wash.; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Rock Valley Bee 1990-05-16.
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