Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Mrs. Ben November 4, 1934
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The El Dorado Times, November 4, 1934`
Mrs. Ben Smith, of Towanda, Succumbs to Hurts Received in Car Accident

Mrs. Ben Smith, aged 49 years, of Towanda, died early this morning following 
injuries sustained last Saturday evening when she was struck by a car driven by 
Mrs. Ross Storey of El Dorado. Mrs. Smith and her six-year-old daughter, Mary 
Alice, were crossing West Central Avenue directly in front of the Allen 
Memorial Hospital at the time of the accident. Mary Alice was only slightly 
injured.

Mrs. Smith and her daughter were on their way to visit Mrs. Smith's father, 
Grant Kennedy, a patient at the hospital, when the accident occurred. She 
sustained a fractured skull and lower jaw bone was rushed into the hospital, 
where she failed to regain consciousness. She had not rallied at any time and 
little hope for her recovery was held from the first. 

The car in which Mrs. Smith had been riding was parked headed east and on the 
south side of West Central Avenue directly in front of the entrance to the 
hospital. She and her daughter had left the car and were started across the 
street to the north when the accident occurred. Mrs. Storey's car was headed 
west. Three sons, Boyd, Frank and Benny Smith and Jim Reed and Gilbert Currie 
accompanied Mrs. Smith and Mary Alice.

Lived Here All Life

The Towanda woman was born August 27, 1889, in Butler County and had lived in 
this county all of her life, with residences in the Towanda, Cassoday and El 
Dorado Communities. She was married to Benoni Richard Smith on January 22, 
1912, in El Dorado. Mr. Smith died February 10, 1936. 

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Ratts, and Evelyn Smith of El Dorado 
and Mary Alice of Towanda; three sons, Boyd, Frank, and Benny, all of Towanda. 
Two children, Thelma and Bruce are deceased. Also surviving are two sisters, 
Mrs. James Smock of Caldwell, and Mrs. Harry Leedy of Hamilton; one brother, 
Frank Kennedy, Grant Kennedy of El Dorado and two grandchildren, Jimmy Gean and 
Richard Paul Ratts, of El Dorado.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Byrd Funeral 
Home with Rev. F. W. Condit officiating. Burial will be in West Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
The date of this obit is November 4, 1934 but yet said her husband died in 
1936.  I believe that was her son possibly and that her husband died in 1928.

West Cemetery is now a part of Sunset Lawns Cemetery.

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