Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Ray September 3, 1951
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Ionia County News - Thurs. Sept. 6, 1951

PROMINENT RESIDENT TAKEN BY DEATH MON.

Ray Smith, widely known and life long resident of Berlin township, died at his 
home about six o’clock Monday evening, September 3. He suffered a serious 
illness of virus pneumonia last winter, which left him with a weak heart. He 
grew steadily worse following a severe heart attack late Sunday night.

Mr. Smith was born May 30, 1883, in Berlin, the son of John C. and Lillian 
(Curtis) Smith.

In June, 1907, he was married to Phena Adgate, who with their two sons and a 
daughter, survive him. They are Mrs. Waldo Fuller, Alden and Arthur Smith, and 
ten grandchildren, all of Berlin: a sister, Mrs. Beulah Adgate and a brother, 
Prof. Leon Sheldon Smith of Normal, Ill.

Mr. Smith was a member of the Board of County Road Commissioners, a former 
supervisor of Berlin township, member of Berlin Grange and Farm Bureau. 

Rev. Glenn McCarty will officiate at the funeral service which will be from 
Saranac Community church at two o’clock Thursday afternoon. Burial in Saranac 
cemetery. 



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