Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, E. Wayne October 29, 1949 ************************************************ 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 February 1, 2014, 3:33 pm Ionia County News - Thurs. Nov. 3, 1949 E. Wayne Smith, 47, formerly of Belding and Saranac, died Saturday in a Newaygo restaurant of a heart attack. He was born in Hastings Dec. 19, 1901, and had been a farmer and restaurant owner in Belding before moving to Saranac and then to Newaygo during the war years. He was a member of Ionia Lodge, L.O.O.M. Surviving are the widow, Alice; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Harris of Belding and Mrs. Mary Lou Smith of Grand Rapids; two sons, Pvt. Robert W. Smith, now in the South Pacific, and David Lee Smith of Hastings; his mother, Mrs. Nora Smith, of Hastings; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Dunlap of Hastings and Mrs. Esther Pratt of St. Johns, and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from Fales-Huffman Chapel, Belding. Burial in River Ridge Cemetery. Additional Comments: River Ridge Cemetery #3-137 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith23894nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb