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May Smith

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May Smith

Birth
Death
4 Jun 1956 (aged 90–91)
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
A-32-4-4
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MAY SMITH

Miss May Smith, 91, a native of Manitowoc County, died Monday afternoon at
a Milwaukee nursing home where she had been convalescing after fracturing
her left hip in January.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Miss Smith was born May 14, 1865, at Mishicot, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Ira P. Smith. She was granddaughter of Dan Smith who founded the village
of Mishicot and who named the village after an Indian chief who was living in
the vicinity at the time and the late Frederic Borcherdt who was W.S. consul
at Lake Horn, Italy, during the time Ulysses S. Grant was President.
For many years Miss Smith lived with an aunt at Memphis, Tenn., the late Mrs.
W.H. Bates and for the past 10 years had resided with a brother, Ira F. Smith,
at Milwaukee.
She is survived by two cousins, Federal Judge Stanley Barnes of Washington,
D.C. and the Rev. Rankin Barnes of Brooklyn, N.Y., secretary of the House of
Deputies of Episcopal Churches; a nephew, Dr. Phillip Taylor of Ann Arbor,
Mich.; a professor at the University of Michigan; and nieces and nephews, Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Taylor of Mento Park, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. G.A. James
of Milwaukee.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m Wednesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. June 5, 1956 P. 15
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[d. 06-04-1956 at Milwaukee, WI/age 91 yrs./bur. on Mrs. J.B. Miller lot]
MAY SMITH

Miss May Smith, 91, a native of Manitowoc County, died Monday afternoon at
a Milwaukee nursing home where she had been convalescing after fracturing
her left hip in January.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Miss Smith was born May 14, 1865, at Mishicot, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Ira P. Smith. She was granddaughter of Dan Smith who founded the village
of Mishicot and who named the village after an Indian chief who was living in
the vicinity at the time and the late Frederic Borcherdt who was W.S. consul
at Lake Horn, Italy, during the time Ulysses S. Grant was President.
For many years Miss Smith lived with an aunt at Memphis, Tenn., the late Mrs.
W.H. Bates and for the past 10 years had resided with a brother, Ira F. Smith,
at Milwaukee.
She is survived by two cousins, Federal Judge Stanley Barnes of Washington,
D.C. and the Rev. Rankin Barnes of Brooklyn, N.Y., secretary of the House of
Deputies of Episcopal Churches; a nephew, Dr. Phillip Taylor of Ann Arbor,
Mich.; a professor at the University of Michigan; and nieces and nephews, Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Taylor of Mento Park, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. G.A. James
of Milwaukee.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m Wednesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. June 5, 1956 P. 15
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[d. 06-04-1956 at Milwaukee, WI/age 91 yrs./bur. on Mrs. J.B. Miller lot]

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  • Created by: Kent Salomon
  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95220414/may-smith: accessed ), memorial page for May Smith (1865–4 Jun 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95220414, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Kent Salomon (contributor 901).