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Herbert D Smith

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Herbert D Smith

Birth
Death
22 Oct 1947 (aged 12–13)
Burial
Accord, Ulster County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7846794, Longitude: -74.2241058
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Herbert D. Smith, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Smith of Accord, who had complained of an upset stomach, died suddenly in a diabetic coma at the Kingston Hospital about 12:50 p. m., on Wednesday, Coroner Arthur Chipp said today.

The youngster attended school on Tuesday, it was reported, but when complaining of illness he was taken to the home of his uncle, Edward Rose, in Kerhonkson. Mr. Rose later returned his nephew to the home of his parents in Accord.

Dr. Rachel 'Halloway of Kerhonkson was called when the illness continued, Mr. Chipp said, and the physician took the youth to the hospital about 5 a. m., Wednesdav.

Although the youngster had diabetes since he was three, Coroner Chipp revealed, the boy had been living a normal life and was very popular in the Accord community.

Besides his parents, Charles A. Smith and Alice Rose Smith of Accord, young Smith is survived by a brother Robert; several aunts and uncles and a grandfather, Benjamin Rose of Kerhonkson.

Funeral services will be held from the H. B. Humiston Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. John Hart of the Rochester Reformed Church will officiate; Burial will be in the Accord Rural cemetery. Bearers, who were close friends of the boys, will be Glenn Carle, Dickie Countryman, Barry Lawrence and George Schoonmaker.

The Kingston Daily Freeman - THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23,1947
Herbert D. Smith, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Smith of Accord, who had complained of an upset stomach, died suddenly in a diabetic coma at the Kingston Hospital about 12:50 p. m., on Wednesday, Coroner Arthur Chipp said today.

The youngster attended school on Tuesday, it was reported, but when complaining of illness he was taken to the home of his uncle, Edward Rose, in Kerhonkson. Mr. Rose later returned his nephew to the home of his parents in Accord.

Dr. Rachel 'Halloway of Kerhonkson was called when the illness continued, Mr. Chipp said, and the physician took the youth to the hospital about 5 a. m., Wednesdav.

Although the youngster had diabetes since he was three, Coroner Chipp revealed, the boy had been living a normal life and was very popular in the Accord community.

Besides his parents, Charles A. Smith and Alice Rose Smith of Accord, young Smith is survived by a brother Robert; several aunts and uncles and a grandfather, Benjamin Rose of Kerhonkson.

Funeral services will be held from the H. B. Humiston Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. John Hart of the Rochester Reformed Church will officiate; Burial will be in the Accord Rural cemetery. Bearers, who were close friends of the boys, will be Glenn Carle, Dickie Countryman, Barry Lawrence and George Schoonmaker.

The Kingston Daily Freeman - THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23,1947


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