Emma Smith Mrs. Emma SMITH, 81, longtime member of the Tiosa community, died at 8:10 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn hospital where she had been confined since suffering a stroke at her home Friday. Born April 6, 1876, in Pulaski county, she had lived most of her life near Tiosa. She was the daughter of Israel and Sarah MYERS OVERMYER and first was married in 1893 to James PALMER, who died in 1908. Her second marriage was to Guy SMITH on May 23, 1927. He died April 8, 1955. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Carmen KATH and Mrs. Doris LONG, both of Tiosa, and Mrs. Mary ZUMBAUGH, Chase, Mich.; two sons, Dewald PALMER, R.R. 5, Rochester; and Cecil [PALMER], Bell Gardens, Cal.; three stepchildren, Mrs. Donna HAIGH, Chebanse, Ill.; Mrs. Lola KONOW, South Bend, and Roy SMITH, R.R. 3, Argos; twenty-three grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Della SMITH, Rochester. One son, James [PALMER], died in 1938. Funeral services will be held at the Tiosa Brethren church, of which Mrs. Smith was a member, at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Wayne SWIHART, Valparaiso, officiating. Burial will be in Sand Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Orville LONG, Tiosa, after 1 p.m. today until noon Wednesday. The body will lie in state at the church an hour before the services.
Emma Smith Mrs. Emma SMITH, 81, longtime member of the Tiosa community, died at 8:10 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn hospital where she had been confined since suffering a stroke at her home Friday. Born April 6, 1876, in Pulaski county, she had lived most of her life near Tiosa. She was the daughter of Israel and Sarah MYERS OVERMYER and first was married in 1893 to James PALMER, who died in 1908. Her second marriage was to Guy SMITH on May 23, 1927. He died April 8, 1955. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Carmen KATH and Mrs. Doris LONG, both of Tiosa, and Mrs. Mary ZUMBAUGH, Chase, Mich.; two sons, Dewald PALMER, R.R. 5, Rochester; and Cecil [PALMER], Bell Gardens, Cal.; three stepchildren, Mrs. Donna HAIGH, Chebanse, Ill.; Mrs. Lola KONOW, South Bend, and Roy SMITH, R.R. 3, Argos; twenty-three grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Della SMITH, Rochester. One son, James [PALMER], died in 1938. Funeral services will be held at the Tiosa Brethren church, of which Mrs. Smith was a member, at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Wayne SWIHART, Valparaiso, officiating. Burial will be in Sand Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Orville LONG, Tiosa, after 1 p.m. today until noon Wednesday. The body will lie in state at the church an hour before the services.
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