Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, John Alvin 2009
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Greenville Daily News, 17 Nov 2009

John Alvin Smith, 91, of Belding, died Monday morning, Nov. 16, 2009, under the
loving care of his family and Hospice.  John was born April 6, 1918, in Green
Bay, Wis., the son of Raymond and Milda Bocher Smith.

John proudly served his country during World War II, serving in the United
States Air Force.  After the war he served as a project engineer for
Fairbanks-Morse Corp. in Beloit, Wis.  He later served as the director of power
generation for the city of Homestead, Fla.

John was married on March 6, 1943, in Meridian, Miss., to Helen Jane Bassett,
and she preceded John in death on Aug. 9, 2004.  He also was preceded in death
by his parents; one daughter, Barbara Barrett; a daughter-in-law, Jeannette
Smith; and one brother, Raymond E. Smith.  John is survived by his children,
Daniel Smith of Belvedere, Ill., Patricia and Stephen Brown of Belding, Kathleen
Hoekman of Zephyrhills, Fla., Jeanne Lee of Beloit, Wis. Mary Trotman, Ann and
George Rhodes all of Belding; 16 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; and one
brother and sister-in-law, Lester and Bernice Smith of Racine, Wis.

Mass of Christian Burial will be noon Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic Church,
Belding, with Father Troy A. Nevins Presiding.  Right of Committal will follow
at St. Mary Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour before Mass at the church. 
In lieu of flowers, please consider memorials to Right to Life of West Michigan.
 Envelopes will be available at the church and at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral
Home, Belding, where funeral care has been entrusted.


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