Joseph Lawrence Smith, 93, of Hume passed away Tuesday (July 24, 2018) at Signature Healthcare of Terre Haute, Indiana.
He was born May 29, 1925, in Hume, the son of Henry Asa and Ella Shelton Smith.
After graduating from Hume High School in 1943, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served honorably in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, even surviving a direct torpedo hit on his ship, the USS Bennett.
He married Betty Jane Lieb Lucas of Newman on April 6, 1948. Together they raised a family of three daughters and three sons. She preceded him in death in 2016.
A lifetime resident of Hume, he was actively engaged in farming, was a member of the local volunteer fire department, the Roth-Williams American Legion Post #369 and St. Michael's Catholic Church. He worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation and as a maintenance mechanic for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline company.
Surviving are his six children, Mary Louise (James) Mies of Petersburg, Lawrence Michael Smith of Hume, Sarah Jane (Michael) Ciolli of Terre Haute, Indiana, Elizabeth Ann (Matthew) Harbaugh of Metcalf, Jeffrery Paul (Amy) Smith of Hume and Donald Henry Smith of Hume; one brother, Paul Henry Smith, formerly of Evansville, Indiana; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert Shelton Smith; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Smith Harmon and one granddaughter, Emily Harbaugh.
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
He was born May 29, 1925, in Hume, the son of Henry Asa and Ella Shelton Smith.
After graduating from Hume High School in 1943, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served honorably in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, even surviving a direct torpedo hit on his ship, the USS Bennett.
He married Betty Jane Lieb Lucas of Newman on April 6, 1948. Together they raised a family of three daughters and three sons. She preceded him in death in 2016.
A lifetime resident of Hume, he was actively engaged in farming, was a member of the local volunteer fire department, the Roth-Williams American Legion Post #369 and St. Michael's Catholic Church. He worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation and as a maintenance mechanic for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline company.
Surviving are his six children, Mary Louise (James) Mies of Petersburg, Lawrence Michael Smith of Hume, Sarah Jane (Michael) Ciolli of Terre Haute, Indiana, Elizabeth Ann (Matthew) Harbaugh of Metcalf, Jeffrery Paul (Amy) Smith of Hume and Donald Henry Smith of Hume; one brother, Paul Henry Smith, formerly of Evansville, Indiana; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert Shelton Smith; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Smith Harmon and one granddaughter, Emily Harbaugh.
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
Joseph Lawrence Smith, 93, of Hume passed away Tuesday (July 24, 2018) at Signature Healthcare of Terre Haute, Indiana.
He was born May 29, 1925, in Hume, the son of Henry Asa and Ella Shelton Smith.
After graduating from Hume High School in 1943, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served honorably in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, even surviving a direct torpedo hit on his ship, the USS Bennett.
He married Betty Jane Lieb Lucas of Newman on April 6, 1948. Together they raised a family of three daughters and three sons. She preceded him in death in 2016.
A lifetime resident of Hume, he was actively engaged in farming, was a member of the local volunteer fire department, the Roth-Williams American Legion Post #369 and St. Michael's Catholic Church. He worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation and as a maintenance mechanic for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline company.
Surviving are his six children, Mary Louise (James) Mies of Petersburg, Lawrence Michael Smith of Hume, Sarah Jane (Michael) Ciolli of Terre Haute, Indiana, Elizabeth Ann (Matthew) Harbaugh of Metcalf, Jeffrery Paul (Amy) Smith of Hume and Donald Henry Smith of Hume; one brother, Paul Henry Smith, formerly of Evansville, Indiana; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert Shelton Smith; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Smith Harmon and one granddaughter, Emily Harbaugh.
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
He was born May 29, 1925, in Hume, the son of Henry Asa and Ella Shelton Smith.
After graduating from Hume High School in 1943, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served honorably in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, even surviving a direct torpedo hit on his ship, the USS Bennett.
He married Betty Jane Lieb Lucas of Newman on April 6, 1948. Together they raised a family of three daughters and three sons. She preceded him in death in 2016.
A lifetime resident of Hume, he was actively engaged in farming, was a member of the local volunteer fire department, the Roth-Williams American Legion Post #369 and St. Michael's Catholic Church. He worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation and as a maintenance mechanic for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline company.
Surviving are his six children, Mary Louise (James) Mies of Petersburg, Lawrence Michael Smith of Hume, Sarah Jane (Michael) Ciolli of Terre Haute, Indiana, Elizabeth Ann (Matthew) Harbaugh of Metcalf, Jeffrery Paul (Amy) Smith of Hume and Donald Henry Smith of Hume; one brother, Paul Henry Smith, formerly of Evansville, Indiana; 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert Shelton Smith; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Smith Harmon and one granddaughter, Emily Harbaugh.
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
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