Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Helen Jane 2004 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mransom311@gmail.com August 27, 2014, 8:02 pm The Greenville Daily News, Tuesday, August 10, 2004 Helen Jane Smith, 80, of Belding, passed away Monday, August 9, 2004 at Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus, Grand Rapids. She was born June 26, 1924 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the daughter of Howard and Pearl Thompson Bassett. Helen was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church. She was married on March 6, 1943, to John Smith, in Meridian, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Barbara Barrett; daughter- in-law, Jeanette Smith; brothers, Howard Bassett, James Bassett; and one sister, Hortense Weizenegger. She is survived by her husband, John Smith; their children, Daniel G. Smith of Belvidere, Illinois, Patricia L. and Stephen T. Brown of Belding, Kathleen J. Hoekman of Ionia, Jeanne A. Daskam of Beloit, Wisconsin, Mary T. Trotman, Anne M. and George Rhoades, all of Belding; 16 grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren; and sister, Geraldine Bassett of Aurora, Illinois. Mass of Christian burial will be offered 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Catholic Church with Father CK as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Mary Cemetery. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to St. Joseph Catholic School. Envelopes will be available at the church as well as at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding, which is serving the Smith family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith27690nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb