Alice M. Smith

Alice M. Smith was born to Frank and Hanna (Nelson) Barrett at Graettinger, Iowa on March 30, 1915. She graduated from Estherville High School in 1934.

On January 6, 1936 she was united in marriage to John T. Smith and to this union four children: Larry, Shirley, John and Dennis were born.

Alice has been a resident of the Milford Community since 1944. She was employed at Milford Community School as a cook and later worked at Arnolds Park Post Office as a clerk.

Mrs. Smith died Sunday at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake at 88 years of age.

She was a member of the Union Memorial Church and participated in the ladies circle and church guild. She was an avid bowler and loved to play bridge.

Left to cherish her memory are her four children: Larry Smith and his wife, Marianne of Fargo, North Dakota, Shirley Sporrer and her husband, Jerry of Tempe Arizona, John Smith and Dennis Smith, both of Milford; seven grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John in 1955, and brother, Leonard Barrett.

IN MEMORY
Alice M. Smith
March 30, 1915
January 25, 2004

SERVICE
Union Memorial Church
Milford, Iowa
Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:30 A.M.

CLERGY
Rev. Kate Lambertson

MUSIC
Gerry Sternberg, Organist
Wendell Williams, Soloist
One Day at A Time How Great Thou Art
Congregation: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God On Eagles Wings

PALLBEARERS
Steve Franker
Scott Sherwood
Cory Knudtson
Andrew Smith
Mike Knudtson

INTERMENT
Milford Cemetery
Milford, Iowa

 

A TRIBUTE TO ALICE SMITH, OUR MOTHER "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded." By Ralph Waldo Emerson

By all these measures, Alice lived a successful life.

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