1940-41 American Legion Commander
Dr. Arthur became ill while at his summer cottage on West Okoboji Lake last Thursday and died some hours later in the Spirit Lake Hospital, August 31, 1967.
Military honors were carried out by the color guards of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts of Manning at the Manning Cemetery.
A large number attended the last rites for the veteran physician who was widely known. From Alton, G.E. Bowers and David Hentges, from Le Mars, Miss Vicki Dreckman, and from Milford, O.N. Homan, attended the funeral.
Dr. Smith is survived by his widow, Isabelle (Edmundson) by one son Arden of Omaha and by one daughter, Zita, Mrs. Pat Sullivan of Everly; two Sisters the former Anna May and Alice Smith, who are nuns who teach in St. Paul, Minnesota, also survive.
Dr. Arthur's elder brother, the late Dr. Millard Smith, died a number of years ago while hunting in the mountains in the southwest, and a sister, Miss Olga, died in a car crash near Spirit Lake in 1962.
His parents, Ferdinand and Anna (Hodgetts) Smith, sister, Olga, and Mary "Zita," a sister who died in early childhood, are buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Alton.
DR. ARTHUR F. SMITH
Dialogue Mass for Dr. Arthur Francis Smith, 75, was read at the Sacred Heart Church
in Manning on Monday morning, September 4 by Rev. Kenneth Seifried and
Monsignor A.W. Behrens. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
Dr. Smith had been in failing health for some time and died August 31 at Dickenson County Hospital in Spirit Lake.
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Smith, he was born September 7, 1891, at Alton
and attended schools there. He graduated from high school in West Des Moines
and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines. He received a Medical Degree from the University of Minnesota.
On December 30, 1925, he married Isabel Amundson at Hospers and they came to
Manning in 1928, where they lived on Third Street since.
A veteran of World War I, Dr. Smith was a Past Commander of the Manning
American Legion Post, was a member of the Carroll Elks Club for many years and
helped establish the Manning-Manilla Country club.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant sister, a sister, Olga of
Milford and a brother, Dr. Millard Smith of Trinidad, Colorado.
Survivors include his wife, a son, Arden of Omaha, a daughter, Mrs. Patrick
(Zita) Sullivan of Everly, one granddaughter and two sisters, Sister Mary
Marguerite and Sister Maris Stella, both of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Military graveside rites were conducted by the ceremonial teams of the American
Legion and VFW. Pallbearers were Eugene Zerwas, Peter F. Hansen, Harry Hinz,
Lawrence Lamberty, LeRoy Luchtel, and O.N. Homan.
Denison Bulletin, September 14, 1967
DR. A.F. SMITH
Dialogue mass for Dr. Arthur Francis Smith, 75, Manning physician, was read at
Sacred Heart Church here September 4 at 10 am. by the Rev. Kenneth Seigfried
and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A.W. Behrens of Templeton. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
Dr. Smith, who had been in failing health for some time, died August 31 at 4
p.m. at Dickinson County Hospital in Spirit Lake, having entered the hospital two hours before his death.
A son of Dr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Smith, he was born September 7, 1891, at Alton
and attended schools there. He graduated from high school in West Des Moines,
and also from Drake University. He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota.
On December 30, 1925, he married Isabel Amundson at Hospers and in 1928 they
came to Manning, where they lived in their home on Third Street since.
A veteran of World War I, Dr. Smith was a Past Commander of the Manning
American Legion Post, was a member of the Carroll Elks Club for many years, and
helped in the establishment of the Manning-Manilla Country Club.
He was preceded in death by an infant sister, Zita Mary; a sister, Olga of
Milford, and a brother, Dr. Millard Smith of Trinidad, Colorado.
He is survived by his wife, a son, Arden Smith, Omaha; a daughter, Mrs. Patrick
(Zita) Sullivan, Everly, a granddaughter, and two sisters, Sr. Mary Marguerite
and Sister Maris Stella, both of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Military graveside rites were conducted by the ceremonial teams of the Manning American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers were Eugene Zerwas, Peter F.
Hansen, Harry Hinz, Lawrence Lamberty of Dell Rapids, South Dakota; LeRoy
Luchtel and O.N. Homan of Milford.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, September, 9 1967
I'm occasionally adding the actual scanned image of the obituary I make using my VERY expensive - large commercial scanner,
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I want to also comment about people who are taking my obituaries, pictures, and/or other articles about a person/family and posting them on other websites.
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Buy your own scanning equipment, pay for memberships to other commercial websites,
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