Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Wilbur Erwin September 30, 1934 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net May 27, 2022, 11:24 am Lake Odessa Wave-Times October 4, 1934 WILBUR ERWIN SMITH VICTIM OF ACCIDENT Young Man of Gentle, Helpful Qualities Leaves Sorrowing Home Folks. Funeral of Wilbur Erwin Smith, one of the high school boys in the fated accident of September 28 was held at the home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. R.l. Boadway preached the sermon. Many were in attendance including high school pupils and teachers. Wilbur was the son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Smith, living west of the village, and will be greatly missed in his home and school. He was a junior in our high school. Burial was at Lakeside. WILBUR ERWIN SMITH Wilbur Erwin Smith, eldest so of Wilbur and Vashti Smith, was born near Lake Odessa, March 12, 1918, and passed away September 30, 1934, at the Pennock Hospital, Hastings, of injuries received in an auto accident September 28, being 16 years, six months and 18 days of age. Erwin was a member of the junior class at Lake Odessa; of the football team, and the F.F.A. club. He will be sadly missed in the school and community and in his home. Erwin was so thoughtful of the comfort and pleasure of others, ever doing things to make them happy. He was kind to his parents and especially to his young brother Eugene who has just started to school. He seemed to enjoy doing for others. We are truly thankful for the pleasant memories of our dear boy. His funeral was largely attended by his sorrowing schoolmates and friends. Relatives attending were: his grandfather William T.Smith; Mrs.Maybelle Tooley, Mr and Mrs Maurice Smith of Sandwich, Ill., and Mr.and Mrs Wayne Smith of Ionia. Erwin leaves his sorrowing parents, a sister Mrs.Ruth Gilliland, a young brother Eugene Max, and baby niece Cheryl Agnes Gilliland, "Our loss is God's Cain." CARD OF THANKS Words fail us when we wish to express the thanks we feel for what our friends and neighbors have done for us, at the time of the loss of our dear son and brother. Especially do we thank the teachers and pupils of the high school, the F F A boys, Walter Johnson, Mr.Acker, Dr. Hoffs and the other doctors and nurses for what they did for our boy, and Rev. Boadway for his comforting words. We thank all for the beautiful floral offerings and for the other good deeds, and to those who furnished cars; may God bless you. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith and Eugene Mr.and Mrs. Bernard Gilliland and Cheryl Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#10-1241-3 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith43340nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb