The Shemwell Family

Oliver Smith Obituary and Family Listing Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, October 21, 1957 Oliver SMITH, 78, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn hospital after a lingering illness. A resident of Kewanna, Mr. Smith was born Jan. 28, 1879, in Union township and had lived in that community his entire life. He was married Nov. 29, 1902, in Kewanna, to Ruth BARNETT, who survives. His parents were Samuel and Josephine MOORE SMITH. Mr. Smith was a retired farmer and a member of the Kewanna Methodist church. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Helen ANDERSON, Kewanna; three grandchildren; one brother, Bert SMITH, Kewanna, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison funeral home with the Rev. Frank R. CHRUST officiating. Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. SOURCE: http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1957.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85264247/oliver-smith