Smith was retired from Agway, Inc. at Manheim. He was a member of Manheim's United Zion Church, the Manheim Sportsman Association and the Manheim Fire Co.
His parents were the late Wilhelm R. (B.) and Barbara Kreider Smith. His widow is Minnie Hoffer Smith.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by 12 sons and daughters: Hoffer K., Elizabethtown; Jay W., James Jr., Benjamin Jr. and Irvin E., all of Manheim; Robert L., at home; Wayne G., Maytown; Ruth E., wife of Albert R. Forry, Mount Joy; Darlene H., wife of Eliger E.(C.) Lamberson, Lancaster; Lorraine J., wife of Charles C. Heisey, Maytown; Helen J., wife of Samuel E. Rhoads, Oxford RD, and Shirley M., wife of Richard C. Brown, Millersville R1.
Also surviving are 32 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and these brothers and sisters: Wayne J. Smith, Annville; May, wife of Alvin K. Bollinger, Lititz RD 4, and Esther, wife of Luke Hibshman, Palmyra. [Lebanon Daily News, Friday, February 8, 1974]
PHOTO: Benjamin W. & Minnie Smith family-abt 1947: left to right, back row: Lorraine, Jay, Ruth, Hoffer, Darlene, Ben; front row: Bob, mother Minnie, Jim, Helen, Gene, father Benjamin, Shirley, and Wayne on stool.
Smith was retired from Agway, Inc. at Manheim. He was a member of Manheim's United Zion Church, the Manheim Sportsman Association and the Manheim Fire Co.
His parents were the late Wilhelm R. (B.) and Barbara Kreider Smith. His widow is Minnie Hoffer Smith.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by 12 sons and daughters: Hoffer K., Elizabethtown; Jay W., James Jr., Benjamin Jr. and Irvin E., all of Manheim; Robert L., at home; Wayne G., Maytown; Ruth E., wife of Albert R. Forry, Mount Joy; Darlene H., wife of Eliger E.(C.) Lamberson, Lancaster; Lorraine J., wife of Charles C. Heisey, Maytown; Helen J., wife of Samuel E. Rhoads, Oxford RD, and Shirley M., wife of Richard C. Brown, Millersville R1.
Also surviving are 32 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and these brothers and sisters: Wayne J. Smith, Annville; May, wife of Alvin K. Bollinger, Lititz RD 4, and Esther, wife of Luke Hibshman, Palmyra. [Lebanon Daily News, Friday, February 8, 1974]
PHOTO: Benjamin W. & Minnie Smith family-abt 1947: left to right, back row: Lorraine, Jay, Ruth, Hoffer, Darlene, Ben; front row: Bob, mother Minnie, Jim, Helen, Gene, father Benjamin, Shirley, and Wayne on stool.
Family Members
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Erma C Smith Hoffer
1898–1972
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John Kreider Smith
1901–1902
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Infant Son Smith
1903–1903
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May Elizabeth Smith Bollinger
1904–1980
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Ida Clara Smith
1905–1906
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Anna Catharine Smith Weaver
1907–1964
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Wayne Joseph "Smitty" Smith
1909–1999
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Esther Barbara Smith Mowery Hibshman
1910–1999
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Lloyd Dellis Smith
1911–1912
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Fannie Minerva Smith Reber
1913–1967
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Anna May Smith
1922–1922
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Ruth Elizabeth Smith Forry
1923–2012
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Hoffer Kreider Smith
1925–2018
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Darlene H. Smith Lamberson
1928–2020
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Lorraine June Smith Heisey
1929–2012
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Jay Wilbur Smith
1931–2007
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Benjamin Jr Smith
1933–1996
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Esther Fern Smith
1935–1937
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Irvin Eugene "Gene" Smith
1938–2015
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James Richard "J.R." Smith
1941–2016
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Robert Lee "Bob" Smith
1943–2020
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