Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Leonard May 28, 1969
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Sentinel-Std. - Thursday, May 29, 1969

Services For Smith Saturday
Funeral services fo Leonard Smith, Flint motel operator and former postal 
carrier from Ionia will be from Myers funeral home at 2 pm Saturday.

Smith died from gunshot wounds on Wednesday morning during a robbery at the 
Flint motel.

Born in Hubbardston, he attended school in that area and graduated from Maple 
Rapids in 1944. He delivered mail in Ionia 19 years before transferring to the 
Flint post office one year ago.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Belva Smith of Flint, his father, Harold Smith of 
Hubbardston, a brother David of Sand Lake, and his grandmother, Mrs. Bertha 
Lockwood of Ionia. 

Smith was a veteran of World War II, and attained the rank of sergeant before 
discharge in August of 1948.

Additional Comments:
Age: 42
Funeral: Saturday, 31 May 1969
WWII Sgt. 


b. 1927 Clinton Co.
1940 Census - Hubbardston
Smith   Harold  42 MI
wf.     Belva   33 MI
son     Leonard 13 MI
son     Doren   11 MI

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