Wilfred Keele of the Faith Bible Chapel officiating.
Mrs. Smith died 29 January 1988 at Steele Memorial Hospital. She had been in poor health and had been residing at Salmon Valley Care Center for 1 1/2 years.
She was born on 8 February 1895 in Stearns County, Minnesota, a daughter of Preston and Hattie Baker Osborn. She grew up and received her schooling in Minnesota. When she was in her teens, she moved to Deary, Idaho.
She married Clyde Smith on 8 February 1913 in Great Falls, Montana. They took up a homestead in Bruce, Montana and remained there for about three years before moving to Essex, Montana.
In 1931 they moved their family to Salmon where they placer mined the Salmon River and also did some hardrock mining.
They operated the Pope Shenon Mine for awhile. They lived in Salmon and Mr. Smith died in 1963.
She remained in Salmon for a short time and then moved to North Fork.
She is survived by two sons, Jack P. Smith of Casa Grande, Arizona and Leon F. Smith of North Ridge, California; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Also surviving are four sisters, Nettie Jones, Mamie Webb, Dora Anderson, all of Lewiston, and Gertrude Olson of Moscow; one brother, Delbert Osborn.
She was preceded in death by one son, four brothers, and two sisters.
Burial took place in the Salmon Cemetery under the direction of the Jones and Casey Funeral Home.
Wilfred Keele of the Faith Bible Chapel officiating.
Mrs. Smith died 29 January 1988 at Steele Memorial Hospital. She had been in poor health and had been residing at Salmon Valley Care Center for 1 1/2 years.
She was born on 8 February 1895 in Stearns County, Minnesota, a daughter of Preston and Hattie Baker Osborn. She grew up and received her schooling in Minnesota. When she was in her teens, she moved to Deary, Idaho.
She married Clyde Smith on 8 February 1913 in Great Falls, Montana. They took up a homestead in Bruce, Montana and remained there for about three years before moving to Essex, Montana.
In 1931 they moved their family to Salmon where they placer mined the Salmon River and also did some hardrock mining.
They operated the Pope Shenon Mine for awhile. They lived in Salmon and Mr. Smith died in 1963.
She remained in Salmon for a short time and then moved to North Fork.
She is survived by two sons, Jack P. Smith of Casa Grande, Arizona and Leon F. Smith of North Ridge, California; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Also surviving are four sisters, Nettie Jones, Mamie Webb, Dora Anderson, all of Lewiston, and Gertrude Olson of Moscow; one brother, Delbert Osborn.
She was preceded in death by one son, four brothers, and two sisters.
Burial took place in the Salmon Cemetery under the direction of the Jones and Casey Funeral Home.
Family Members
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Emily Nancy Osborn Pierce
1892–1969
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Pvt Frank Osborn
1894–1918
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Dora Osborn Anderson
1897–1998
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Bertha Osborn Anderson
1898–1984
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Nettie E Osborn Munk
1902–1989
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Roy Jefferson Osborn
1905–1956
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Thomas Lee Osborn
1908–1954
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Delbert Freland Osborn
1909–2002
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Mamie Osborn Kline Weber
1912–1999
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Gertrude Osborn Olson
1914–2003
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