OBITUARY: Eugene Ethelbert Smith, Minong, Washburn Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kelly O'Brian 19 July 2004 ==================================================================== The Spooner Advocate Spooner, Washburn Co., WI Thursday, July 10, 1969 EUGENE T. [sic] SMITH Eugene Thelbert [sic] Smith was born in Orleans County, Nebr., on May 30, 1880, and came to Minong in 1905 from the State of Iowa and has lived there since. He was united in marriage to Bertha Biesecker on Sept. 30, 1900, and to this union four children were born. Bertha Smith passed away in 1931 and in 1932 he married Ida Hill. He had been in failing health for several years and passed away at the Colonial Nursing Home in Shawano, on Tuesday, July 1 at the age of 89 years. Two daughters, one son, three brothers and four sisters also preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Ida; three daughters, Mrs. Marshall (Elva) Running, Eau Claire, Mrs. Patricia Braaten, Yakima, Wash., Mrs. James (Betty Jane) Crawford, Gwinn, Mich.; also nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. Oren (Blanche) McGrath, Fond du Lac, Mrs. Etta Bos, Prairie du Chein, and oen [sic] brother, Fred Smith, Minong. Funeral services were held on Thursday, July 3 at 10 a.m., at Dahl Funeral Home, Rev. Eldon Olson officiated, with burial in the Minong Cemetery. Casket bearers were John Marlet, Herman Fraatz, Clarence Berg, August Strenke, deWayne Jensen and William Waite. =============================================== Corrections/Additions to the above information: 1. Eugene's middle name is Ethelbert, not Thelbert 2. Eugene and Bertha were married in Pocahontas County, Iowa Eugene and Ida were married Feb. 22, 1933 (not 1932) in Trego Washburn, Co (source: marriage certificate) Ida's name was Ida Irene Hill Jacquart (her first husband, Clarence Jacquart died Aug 1, 1930 3. Eugene and Ida had one daughter, Patricia 4. Eugene's parents (married in 1870) preceded him in death: William Riley Smith b. 1846 d. 1925 Ida Marie Stowell b. 1851 d. 1938 5. Eugene was preceeded in death by three children and one grandchild: 1. Earl William Smith b. Apr 17, 1905 d. Sep 30, 1906 2. Thelma L. Smith b. Feb 20, 1908 d. Nov 9, 1908 3. Inez I. Smith Roessel b. Jul 9, 1903 d. Dec 16, 1926 1. Gerald M. Roessel (son of Inez and Norbert G. Roessel) b. May 21, 1926 d. Jan 16, 1927 All of the above are buried in the SMITH family plot in the Greenwood Cemetery, Minong, WI © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm