Crawford County PA Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, Charles November 25, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Lorz honeypete@zoominternet.net Meadville Tribune, November 27, 1967 CHARLES (ED) SMITH Charles (Ed) Smith, 79, of Church Street, Venango, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 1967, at City Hospital following a long illness. A resident of the Cambridge Springs area since 1900, he had been a farmer until 22 years ago, then a cook at the Venango Inn, retiring in 1961. He was born April 24, 1888, at Martinsburg, Pa., a son of Jacob B. and Nancy Metzger Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Venango Grange, Venango Odd Fellows Lodge, Venango Volunteer Fire Department and Erie American Legion Post 771. He was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by his widow, the former Florence Sherred whom he married Nov. 10, 1927; two daughters, Mrs. Donna Smith and Mrs. Gene (Elsie) Anthony, and three sons, Ralph, Harry and William Reid, all of Venango; 13 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the H. William Van Matre Funeral Home, Cambridge Springs, where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Darell Harris of Findley Lake (N.Y.) Evangelical United Brethren Church officiating. Interment will be at Venango Cemetery. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb