Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Alma Dora (Bendt) January 6, 22011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com May 24, 2013, 11:34 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - Jan. 7, 2011 Alma Dora Smith, 101, of Saranac, formerly of Carson City, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 at the Laurels of Kent in Lowell. She was born Dec. 19, 1909 in Garretson, S.D., to Henry and Alma (Goeske) Bendt. She married Frank Smith in Nasua, Minn., on June 24, 1926. Alma lived her younger years in South Dakota. After she married they moved to the Carson City area. She was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm. Surviving are a son, Frank (Pauline) Smith of Grand Rapids; daughter Shirley (Fred) Erridge of Ionia; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, in 1984; four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 at the Lux and Schnepp Funeral Home in Carson City, with Andy Croel officiating. Visitation will begin one hour before the service at the Funeral Home. Interment will be in Spencer Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Online condolences to the family may be made at www.luxfuneralhomes.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith20477nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb