Thursday, January 1, 2015

HENRY H. SMITH DIES SUDDENLY

     The following re-write is from a clipping taken from the Marshalltown Times Republican. It  is the obituary of my grand-father Henry Harry Smith (4/30/1882--1/7/1941)


      Henry H. Smith Dies Suddenly At Laurel

     Henry Harry Smith died suddenly at his home, one mile east and 2 1/2 miles north of Laurel,
at 7:30 Tuesday evening. He had been in poor health for the past six months, but, had been up and around as usual Tuesday. The cause of his death was coronary thrombosis. 

     Mr. Smith was born April 30, 1882, on the farm on which he died. He was the son of David and Sarah Birks Smith, early residents of the Laurel neighborhood. Mr. Smith had lived on this farm all of his life with the exception of 11 years when he operated a restaurant in Laurel, moving back to the farm in 1933.

     He married Miss Minnie Schultz, April 3, 1907 at Laurel, and she and their two sons and two daughters survive him. The latter are Vernon and Arnold Smith and Mrs. John Laverty of Laurel and Mrs. La Verne Bueghly of this city(Marshalltown.) Four brothers and two sisters, A. C. Smith of Lusk Wyoming, Charles Smith of Valley Springs, S.D., John Smith and Mrs. Wiliam Speas of Laurel, R.D. Smith and Mrs. Charles Wheeler of Marshalltown, and five grandchildren also survive. A aughter, two grandsons, one brother and one sister preceeded him in death. 

     Mr. Smith was a member of the K. P. lodge No. 122 of Laurel and also a member of Cyrus Masonic lodge of Gilman.

     The body will remain at the Estel funeral home where services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. In charge of the the service will be Rev. A. W. Schlesselman, pastor of the Evangelical church. Burial will be in the Graceland cemetery, one-half mile west of Laurel.

more----Pallbears, all nephews, were Lawrence Brennecke, Joshua Brennecke, Franklin Wheeler, Graham C. Smith, Burleigh Speas and Marvin Smith. Attending the services from away were a brother, A. C. Smith of Lusk Wyo., and Rev. and Mrs. L. L. Smith of Weldon. Many friends and family fro Lauarel, Gilman, Ferguson, Haverhill, Melbourne, Van Cleve, and Green Mountain also attended. 

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