Schoolcraft County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smithers, Ada Victoria Brookmeyer January 27, 1940
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Manistique, Michigan Pioneer Tribune  Jan. 1940
Mrs. William Smithers Dies in Hospital

Mrs. William Smithers of Manistique Heights passed away Saturday morning at 
2:20 o’clock at the Shaw Hospital following an illness of several days 
duration.  She was 61 years old.  Mrs. Smithers had been in ill health for 
some time, and had undergone an operation for relief from appendicitis at the 
local hospital.

She was born November 28, 1878 in Toronto, Canada and moved with her parents 
to Niagara Falls, New York during her childhood.  She was married in Niagara 
Falls on February 1, 1893 to William Smithers and moved to Manistique 24 years 
ago.

Mrs. Smithers attended the First Baptist Church and was a member of Hiawatha 
H. No. 266 of the Lady Maccabees, having served the local congregation ads 
Mistress of Arms.

Surviving was her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Inez Tufts of Chippewa, 
Ontario and Mrs. Carl Linderoth of Manistique, and one son, William Smithers 
of Manistique Heights.  Two sisters, Mrs. McCarthy of Syracuse, New York, and 
Mrs. William Dennis of Hamilton, Ontario and ten grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock 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 Charles Howard, 
John Riley, Fred Burley, Arthur Graham, Orville Klagstad and Louis Laux.


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