Obituary: Mary Malinda (Shoaf) Smell

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          MARY M. SMELL
   Mrs. Mary Malinda Smell, 67, died at her home in McClellandtown, Sunday
afternoon, January 18, 1942 at 1:45 o'clock following a two months' illness of
complications.
   Mrs. Smell was born October 24, 1874 in Georges township the daughter of the late
James R. and Harriet Newcomer Shoaf.
   She was a member of the Smithfield Baptist Church for a number of years but at the
time of her death was a member of the Grace Chapel Presbyterian Church of High
House.
   Surviving are her husband Claude L. Smell, the following children, Edna Smell at
home; Mrs. Opal Jubin of New Salem; Glenn Smell of Palmer; Mrs. Ethel Rechard and
Mrs. Mabel Hostetler of Uniontown; three grandchildren, Harriet Louise and James
Smell and Donald Jubin. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Thomas
B. Shoaf of Masontown; James C. Shoaf of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Alda T. and John H.
Shoaf of Smithfield; Frank N. Shoaf of Unioniown; Smith R. Shoaf of Williamstown,
W. Va.; Mrs. Daisy Durr of Leetonia, O.; Nancy Shoaf of Smithfield; Mrs. Matilda
Bixler of South Uniontown and Mrs. Ruth Baer of Akron, O.
   Funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev.
David Hunter will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown
under the direction of T. L. Sangston of McClellandtown.