Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Arvena (Ross) Richardson October 14, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net March 10, 2013, 4:15 pm The Urbana Daily Citizen abstract Arvena (Richardson) Smith, age 92, formerly of Saint Paris passed away on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. in the Mercy McAuley Center, Urbana. Arvena was born on December 2, 1917 in Rochester, NY, a daughter of the late Harry and Florence (Romans) Ross. Arvena was preceded in death by two husbands, Leo W. Richardson, Sr. on September 27, 1967 and James H. Smith in December 1992. She was also preceded in death by a son, Wilber J. Smith, two brothers, John and Joe Ross, Sr. a sister, Marie Whitmore, and two half brothers, Leo W. Richardson, Jr. and Raymond Richardson. Arvena worked for Atlas Underwear and Impo of Piqua. She was a former member of the VFW Post Ladies Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Eagles, all of Piqua. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, 216 S. Springfield Street, Saint Paris with Chaplain Nancy Hardin of the Mercy McAuley Center presiding. Burial will follow in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery, S. Elm Tree Road, St. Paris. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/s/smith2515ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb