gertrude margaret (meek) smitherman
Mrs. Benjamin (Gertrude M. Meek)
Smitherman, 66, of 464 E. Division St. died 9 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 6,
1981) in Lakeshore Manor Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in J.J. Moran & Sons Fu- neral Home with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Mrs. Smitherman was born in Decatur, daughter of Charles and Mabel Meek. She was a sample maker at the Decatur Garment Fac- tory, a coin dealer and member of the Church of the Brethern. She married Benjamin Smitherman in 1937. He died in 1973.
Surviving are her sisters. Mrs. Elsie Carter. Mrs Bette Graboski and Mrs. Marie McCoy Petro, all of Decatur.
One son, three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in J.J. Moran & Sons Fu- neral Home with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Mrs. Smitherman was born in Decatur, daughter of Charles and Mabel Meek. She was a sample maker at the Decatur Garment Fac- tory, a coin dealer and member of the Church of the Brethern. She married Benjamin Smitherman in 1937. He died in 1973.
Surviving are her sisters. Mrs. Elsie Carter. Mrs Bette Graboski and Mrs. Marie McCoy Petro, all of Decatur.
One son, three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.