Obit of Smith, Philip B. (s530) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 31 Jan 2004 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Smith Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/959 Philip B. Smith Dr. Philip B. Smith, formally of Canon City, Colo. died Jan. 8, 2004 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was born in Sulphur, Okla. in 1922 to Charley S. and Nova Smith. He graduated from Sulphur High School in 1940, and attended the University of Oklahoma. He joined the Navy in 1941 and served during World War II. He returned to OU and graduated from the University of Oklahoma Medical School, and through post-graduate worked was a diplomat of the Menninger School of Psychiatry in Topeka, Kansas. In 1949, he married Colita Nuerenberger and they raised three children, Paul Corby, Hanna Jo, and Benjamin V. Smith. Dr. Smith was a Captain in the United States Public Health Service early in his career, and took the family to Illinois, Puerto Rico, and Florida. After he studied at Menninger's in Topeka, Kan., his career took the family to California, Washington, and Michigan, where he became the Director of the Michigan State Hospital in Traverse City, MI. In 1983, he and his wife, Colita, retired to Canon City, Colo., where he was an avid gardener and supporter of environmental and art organizations. The Smiths were active in a local bridge club and the Democratic Party. He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Charles H. "Ted" and Mary Ann Smith, of Canon City, Colo., and his three children and four grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death Dec. 19, 2002. No services were held. His remains were gifted to the Univ. of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, MI. A family memorial will be held for him and his wife, Colita, next summer in Traverse City, MI. Condolences may be sent in care of Dr. Paul C. Smith, 1163 10th St., Martin, MI 49070. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm