Schoolcraft-Lapeer County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smithers, William Chester September 7, 1940
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Manistique, Michigan Pioneer Tribune Sept. 1940
William Smithers Taken by Death
Pioneer resident dies at home, Manistique Heights Saturday September 12, 1940

William Smithers, 63, resident of Schoolcraft County for more that 50 years, 
passed away Saturday at his home in Manistique Heights at 2 p.m. following a 
brief illness.  He had been ill for about a week.

He was born November 4, 1867 at Lapeer, Michigan and came to Schoolcraft 
County during his boyhood.  He was married at Niagara Falls, New York to Ada 
Victoria Brookmeyer on February 2, 1898.  Mrs. Smithers died several years 
ago.  Mr. Smithers had been engaged in trucking operations here in recent 
years.

He attended the First Baptist Church.  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. 
Lorne Tufts of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Mrs. Carl Linderoth of Manistique, 
and one son William Smithers, Jr. of Manistique.   Also surviving are two 
sisters, Mrs. Asher Fox of Manistique and Mrs. William Stuart of Niagara 
Falls, Ontario and one brother, Jesse Smithers, also of Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 at the family home.  Rev. 
George B. King officiating.  Burial was made in Fairview Cemetery under the 
direction of the Morton Funeral Home.  Pallbearers were Sebastian Weber, Ed 
Walker, Charles Hansen, John Riley, Ed Mathews and Henry Miller.


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