MRS. CHARLES E. SMITH
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, 88, early resident of Portland and founder of the Congress hotel, died Sunday night at the hotel of a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral servcies will be held at 2:30 P.M. today at the residence of Mrs. Charles J. Schnabel, 2375 Southwest Park place. Rev. W. G. Eloit will officate and burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Demark, moved to Hamburg, Germany, and was married there in 1873 to Charles E. Smith, founder of Smith Brothers Iron works, who then was in Hamburg on a business trip. They returned to Portland to find the iron works had been destroyed in the big fire of 1873, but they rebuilt the business as General Iron and Streel works. Mrs. Smith is survived by seven children, Alfred F., Walter, Percy A., Stanley E., Charles E. Jr.m Mrs. Schnabel, and Mrs. John Besson. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Finley & Son. (The Oregonian, 20 Feb 1940)
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, 88, early resident of Portland and founder of the Congress hotel, died Sunday night at the hotel of a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral servcies will be held at 2:30 P.M. today at the residence of Mrs. Charles J. Schnabel, 2375 Southwest Park place. Rev. W. G. Eloit will officate and burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Demark, moved to Hamburg, Germany, and was married there in 1873 to Charles E. Smith, founder of Smith Brothers Iron works, who then was in Hamburg on a business trip. They returned to Portland to find the iron works had been destroyed in the big fire of 1873, but they rebuilt the business as General Iron and Streel works. Mrs. Smith is survived by seven children, Alfred F., Walter, Percy A., Stanley E., Charles E. Jr.m Mrs. Schnabel, and Mrs. John Besson. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Finley & Son. (The Oregonian, 20 Feb 1940)
MRS. CHARLES E. SMITH
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, 88, early resident of Portland and founder of the Congress hotel, died Sunday night at the hotel of a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral servcies will be held at 2:30 P.M. today at the residence of Mrs. Charles J. Schnabel, 2375 Southwest Park place. Rev. W. G. Eloit will officate and burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Demark, moved to Hamburg, Germany, and was married there in 1873 to Charles E. Smith, founder of Smith Brothers Iron works, who then was in Hamburg on a business trip. They returned to Portland to find the iron works had been destroyed in the big fire of 1873, but they rebuilt the business as General Iron and Streel works. Mrs. Smith is survived by seven children, Alfred F., Walter, Percy A., Stanley E., Charles E. Jr.m Mrs. Schnabel, and Mrs. John Besson. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Finley & Son. (The Oregonian, 20 Feb 1940)
Mrs. Charles E. Smith, 88, early resident of Portland and founder of the Congress hotel, died Sunday night at the hotel of a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral servcies will be held at 2:30 P.M. today at the residence of Mrs. Charles J. Schnabel, 2375 Southwest Park place. Rev. W. G. Eloit will officate and burial will be in Riverview cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born in Demark, moved to Hamburg, Germany, and was married there in 1873 to Charles E. Smith, founder of Smith Brothers Iron works, who then was in Hamburg on a business trip. They returned to Portland to find the iron works had been destroyed in the big fire of 1873, but they rebuilt the business as General Iron and Streel works. Mrs. Smith is survived by seven children, Alfred F., Walter, Percy A., Stanley E., Charles E. Jr.m Mrs. Schnabel, and Mrs. John Besson. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Finley & Son. (The Oregonian, 20 Feb 1940)
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