OBITUARY: Austie Smith, 1922-2003, Mitchell Co., Iowa

Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted Aug. 13, 2003



                             Austie Smith

Funeral services for Austie Smith, age 80, of Osage were held Saturday,
Aug. 9, 2003 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage.

The Reverend Mark Reasoner officiated. Interment was in Sacred Heart
Catholic Cemetery in Osage. Austie died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003 at
Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.

Austie Smith was born Dec. 19, 1922, in Manly, the daughter of Robin
and Mary (Popp) Pelleymounter. She moved to Osage with her family, and
graduated from Osage High School in 1941.

Austie was united in marriage to Robert Smith on Dec. 28, 1946 at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in Osage. They lived in Osage where she worked as
a cook at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital for 22 years.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Ladies Guild,
Osage American Legion Auxiliary and Osage VFW Auxiliary.

Her life was centered around her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers Kenneth,
Richard and Robert Pelleymounter.

Austie is survived by her husband Robert ÒBobÓ Smith of Osage; three
daughters Barb and Russ Krahenbuhl of Osage; Nancy and David Broome of
Eden Prairie, MN; Pat and Tony Halbach of Osage; two sons Larry and
Yvonne Smith of Madison, WI; Tom and Betty Smith of Osage; nine
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; one sister Kay Elliott of
Osage, two brothers Roman and Marge Pelleymounter of Osage and Bernard
and Myrna Pelleymounter of Ackley.



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