Arthur Smith, 70 of Springfield died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home.
He was born Jan 20, 1924, in McLeansboro, the son of Willis and Jewel Parmelee Smith. He married Hazel E. Luelling in 1948 in Springfield.
Mr. Smith was employed as a food director for Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc. for 33 years. He was president of the Springfield Restaurant Association. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II. He was a member of West Side Christian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel; daughter, Mrs. Steven (Karen) Canning of Tremont; son, Gary Smith of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren; sister Rosalie Morgan of Bolivia; brother Gene Smith of Pawnee; one aunt and one uncle; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bisch and Son Funeral Home, the Rev. Vaughn Beeman officiating Burial in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
He was born Jan 20, 1924, in McLeansboro, the son of Willis and Jewel Parmelee Smith. He married Hazel E. Luelling in 1948 in Springfield.
Mr. Smith was employed as a food director for Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc. for 33 years. He was president of the Springfield Restaurant Association. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II. He was a member of West Side Christian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel; daughter, Mrs. Steven (Karen) Canning of Tremont; son, Gary Smith of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren; sister Rosalie Morgan of Bolivia; brother Gene Smith of Pawnee; one aunt and one uncle; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bisch and Son Funeral Home, the Rev. Vaughn Beeman officiating Burial in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
Arthur Smith, 70 of Springfield died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home.
He was born Jan 20, 1924, in McLeansboro, the son of Willis and Jewel Parmelee Smith. He married Hazel E. Luelling in 1948 in Springfield.
Mr. Smith was employed as a food director for Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc. for 33 years. He was president of the Springfield Restaurant Association. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II. He was a member of West Side Christian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel; daughter, Mrs. Steven (Karen) Canning of Tremont; son, Gary Smith of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren; sister Rosalie Morgan of Bolivia; brother Gene Smith of Pawnee; one aunt and one uncle; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bisch and Son Funeral Home, the Rev. Vaughn Beeman officiating Burial in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
He was born Jan 20, 1924, in McLeansboro, the son of Willis and Jewel Parmelee Smith. He married Hazel E. Luelling in 1948 in Springfield.
Mr. Smith was employed as a food director for Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc. for 33 years. He was president of the Springfield Restaurant Association. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II. He was a member of West Side Christian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel; daughter, Mrs. Steven (Karen) Canning of Tremont; son, Gary Smith of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren; sister Rosalie Morgan of Bolivia; brother Gene Smith of Pawnee; one aunt and one uncle; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bisch and Son Funeral Home, the Rev. Vaughn Beeman officiating Burial in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
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