Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Marjorie Elaine (Helmes) September 20, 2016
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs. Sept. 22, 2016

MARJORIE ELAINE SMITH 1929-2016
Marjorie Elaine Smith, 87, of Portland, loving mother, grandmother, great-
grandmother and great-great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home 
Sept. 20, 2016. Marjorie was born in Ionia County Sept. 10,1929 to the late 
William Helmes and Rosa Mae Helmes. 

She attended High school in Ionia Michigan and married Joseph Bernard Smith Jan. 
3, 1948. She started her working career at Holly Carburetor in Portland and 
worked for 167 years at the Chrysler Trim Plant in Lyons where she served as a 
Union Steward and Vice President of the local union. She proudly served as a 
member of the Women's Auxiliary VFW Post 4090.

She enjoyed sing-a-longs, traveling with family to places such Alaska to 
California, canoeing in her younger years, visiting the casinos, gardening and 
watching her hummingbirds, most of all, she enjoyed visiting with her family on 
the back porch or in her favorite easy chair.

She was proceeded in death by  her husband Joseph Bernard Smith; her parents, 
Rosa Mae Helmes and William Sylus Helmes; her siblings Harold Helmes, Mary 
Esther Daddazio, Phyllis Coston, Betty Heyn, Melvin Helmes and Perry Helmes; and 
granddaughter Stacy Smith.

She is survived by her children Carol (Terry) Kellogg, Mike Smith, Dan (Roxane) 
Smith, Judy (Bill) Reid, Jerry Smith, ricky Smith, Vicky Smith, Dennis (Ann) 
Smith, Colleen (Sam) Yim, Steve (Lynda) Smith, and Scott (Diane) Smith; 29 
grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren. and 19 great-great-grandchildren. She is 
also survived by sister-in-law Nancy Davis, Marilyn and Bob Eliser, Special 
nieces Sandy Platte and Mary Lou Chickering, special nephew Larry Helmes, plus 
many more nieces and nephews.

The memorial Service will be conducted by Pastor Fred Lab at 11 AM. Friday, 
Sept. 23, 2016 at the Lehman funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. 
Entombment will be in Portland cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM, 
Thursday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at 
www.lehmanfuneralhomes.com

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