OBITUARY: Helen E. Kobliska Smalley, Mitchell, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Apr. 3, 2002]


                           Helen E. Smalley

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at St. Peter's Catholic
Church, New Haven, for Helen E. Smalley, age 89, of Osage. Rev. Ray E.
Atwood officiated. Interment was in the St. Peter's Cemetery. Helen died
Friday, March 29, 2002 at the Faith Lutheran Home, Osage, IA.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, was in charge of arrangements.

Helen was born July 22, 1912 in Alta Vista, IA the daughter of Joseph and
Emma (Koudelka) Kobliska. She was united in marriage to Marshall Smalley
in 1936. They farmed in Floyd County until Marshall's death in 1974. Helen
then moved to New Haven in 1975 and lived there for 16 years before entering
the Faith Lutheran Home, Osage, where she had been a resident for the past
several years.

She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, New Haven, and was an
active member. She enjoyed sewing, knitting and crocheting and also enjoyed
gardening. She was a 4-H leader for many years.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband Marshall, and one
sister Arlene.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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