Her family includes her husband, Cecil D. Smith of Beacon; three sons: Michael Gene Schippers of Brownfield, Texas, Mitchell Joe Schippers (& Lana Butcher) of Des Moines, and Keith Michael (& Janise) Schippers, Jr. of Bremerton, Washington; a daughter: Michelle Lee (& Nicholas) Boat of Pella; two stepsons: Christopher Doyle (& Brenda) Smith of Murray, Kentucky and Curtis Duane Smith of Oskaloosa; 10 grandchildren; 6 step grandchildren; her mother, Marjorie Dorn of Independence, Iowa; a brother: David (& Jean) Dorn of Urbana, Iowa; a sister: Georgine (& Danny) Dodd of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and a brother-in-law: John Kirk in Virginia.
Valarie was preceded in death by her father; and a sister, Donna Mae Kirk.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at 10 a.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with the Reverend Ray Tilstra officiating. Burial will be in the Beacon Cemetery at Beacon. Visitation will begin on Tuesday after 12 noon, and the family will be at the funeral chapel on Tuesday from 5 – 7 p.m. to greet friends and relatives. Memorials may be made to Mahaska Hospice.
Her family includes her husband, Cecil D. Smith of Beacon; three sons: Michael Gene Schippers of Brownfield, Texas, Mitchell Joe Schippers (& Lana Butcher) of Des Moines, and Keith Michael (& Janise) Schippers, Jr. of Bremerton, Washington; a daughter: Michelle Lee (& Nicholas) Boat of Pella; two stepsons: Christopher Doyle (& Brenda) Smith of Murray, Kentucky and Curtis Duane Smith of Oskaloosa; 10 grandchildren; 6 step grandchildren; her mother, Marjorie Dorn of Independence, Iowa; a brother: David (& Jean) Dorn of Urbana, Iowa; a sister: Georgine (& Danny) Dodd of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and a brother-in-law: John Kirk in Virginia.
Valarie was preceded in death by her father; and a sister, Donna Mae Kirk.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at 10 a.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with the Reverend Ray Tilstra officiating. Burial will be in the Beacon Cemetery at Beacon. Visitation will begin on Tuesday after 12 noon, and the family will be at the funeral chapel on Tuesday from 5 – 7 p.m. to greet friends and relatives. Memorials may be made to Mahaska Hospice.
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