Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers

Descendants of Smith/Crowton family of Salt Lake City

Son of William H and Amelia "Crowton" Smith

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Lester Smith
Race: White
Age: 41
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1900
Birth Place: Salt Lake City, Utah
Residence Place: Oakland, Alameda, California
Registration Date: 14 Feb 1942
Employer: Campouris Roof Co
Weight: 118
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Red
Height: 5' 2"
Next of Kin: Rose L Smith

California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
Rose Freitas
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1903
Birth Place: Portugal
Race: White
Marriage Age: 18
Residence Place: Oakland
Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1921
Marriage Place: Alameda, California
Father: J Freitas
Mother: Rose Autos
Spouse: Lester Smith
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Marriage Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Utah
Spouse Residence Place: Oakland
Spouse Father: W H Smith
Spouse Mother: Ancelia Crogan
Record Type: Marriage Licenses

Children:
Phillip Junior,
Nov 1925 - Feb 1926
Salt Lake City, Utah.
(Death certificate noted that he was born pre-mature.)

Clifford Lester
July 16, 1923 - Dec 13, 1924
Salt Lake City, Utah.
(Death certificate noted bacterial infection)

Shirley Rose
Nov 14, 1929 - May 16, 2009
(She was listed in both the 1930 and 1940 censuses in the Oakland area and assumed the stage name of "Sherry Stevens", becoming a singer)

Robert William
Feb 6, 1939 - Mar 10, 1939 Oakland, California

Note: Both his and Rose's obits suggests that they may have adopted Robert Clinton, born in 1927

California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Lester Smith
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1901
Age: 65
Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1966
Marriage Place: Alameda City, California, USA
Spouse : Faye "Block* Strauss
Spouse Age: 66
(Confirmed in notes found in his sister, Alice's records discovered December 2019. Based on ancestry.com, Faye died in 1976 and is buried with first husband, Juleus Henry Strauss)

SMITH, Lester Of San Francisco, Oct 17, 1984, beloved husband of the late Rose Louise Smith; devoted father of Sherry Stevens Haywood of Castro Valley and Robert Clinton of Clear Lake, dear brother of Fred Smith of Castro Valley, Edith Henry of Oakland and Alice Charles of Utah; loving grandfather of Heather Haywood and dear father-in-law of Glen Haywood, also survived by nieces and nephews; a native of Utah; aged 83 years. Owner of L. Smith Roofing Co for 25 years.

Friends are invited to attend the services from the CHAPEL OF THE VALLEY, 20359 Lake Cabot Rd , Castro Valley, Tuesday, Oct 23 at 1 30 p m. Rectation of the Rosary, Sunday. Oct 21, 2 30 p m at the chapel

Visitation will begin Saturday. 12-9 pm through Tuesday. Interment, Holy Sepulchre, Hayward

CHAPEL OF THE VALLEY

The San Francisco Examiner, 21 Oct 1984, pg 23

Note:
His sons have a marker in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. It is not known if Lester had them moved to this Cemetery for re-burial, or if this marker simply serves as a Cenotaph.

[Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers]