Mrs. Alice Smith, twenty-eight, and wife of Glenn Smith, living near the Ashley church succumbed Monday night at eleven o'clock following an operation for spinal meningitis at her home on Sunday. Her case was in charge of Drs. E. W. Litle and J. F. Pinkham, but their combined efforts could not save her life. Mrs. Smith was lecturer of the Grattan Grange, and held the office of Inner Guard in the Gleaners. She was well and very favorably known in the community, and leaves a multitude of
friends and relatives. She had been married about five years, and with her husband had lived continuously on the John Ashley farm, where she died. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Slayton of Grattan. Besides her mother, father and husband she leaves three brothers and one sister, to mourn her.

Belding Banner 15 Sep 1915

Information contributed by: Joe Breimayer

Mrs. Alice Smith, twenty-eight, and wife of Glenn Smith, living near the Ashley church succumbed Monday night at eleven o'clock following an operation for spinal meningitis at her home on Sunday. Her case was in charge of Drs. E. W. Litle and J. F. Pinkham, but their combined efforts could not save her life. Mrs. Smith was lecturer of the Grattan Grange, and held the office of Inner Guard in the Gleaners. She was well and very favorably known in the community, and leaves a multitude of
friends and relatives. She had been married about five years, and with her husband had lived continuously on the John Ashley farm, where she died. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Slayton of Grattan. Besides her mother, father and husband she leaves three brothers and one sister, to mourn her.

Belding Banner 15 Sep 1915

Information contributed by: Joe Breimayer