Cass-Berrien-Van Buren County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Hayes W. February 8, 1957
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Newspaper  Feb. 9, 1957
Hayes W. Smith

Hayes W. smith, age 79 yrs. of Silver Creek Township, Dowagiac, Michigan, died
Friday morning Feb. 8, 1957 at the Lee Memorial Hospital. Hayes was born in
Covert, Mich. May 27, 1877 he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith.
Mr. Smith married Maude Smith in Cassopolis, Mich. in 1896. She died in 1922.  
Of their 11 children, eight survivor: L.T., Alvin and Robert Smith, Mrs. Nina
Northropp and Mrs. Eva Walton, all of Dowagiac; Freemont of Niles, Mrs Myrtle 
Michael of Berrien Center, and Mrs. Mary Thornton of Lakeview.
Also surviving Mr. Smith are eight of his ten children born of his marriage in
1923 to Della Mae Rose, who died in 1933. They are Mrs. Leona Mitchel of Okla.,
Hayes W. Jr., of Chicago, Claude E. of Niles, Homer Kunkey of St. Louis, Mo.;
Thomas Henson, serving with the Navy; Joseph M. Ferrier of Chicago; Mrs. 
Bonnie Bilmar of Whitewater, Wis., and Mrs. Joseph Ferrier of Dowagiac. Other
survivors include three brothers, John of Decatur, Peter of Niles, and Robert 
of Dowagiac; 37 Grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Services will be 
held Monday at 2 p.m. in the McLauchlin funeral home.  The Rev. Frank Kruger, 
pastor of the First Christian Church will officiate.  Burial will be at Eau 
Claire Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Pall Bearers:
Ralph Webster, Lyle Merrill, Delton Deuel, Fred Davis, Robert Lloyd and 
Charles Davis.

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