mary elzina "mollie" (runyon) smitherman
Mrs. Fred M. (Mary Elzina) Smitherman, 83, of Slater, passed away Friday in the Fitzgibbon hospital.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of the Haines Funeral Home at Slater. The Rev. Steve Spear, pastor of the Slater Methodist church, officited and burial was in the Slater City cemetery.
Mrs. Smitherman had been a resident of Slater 57 years, moving there from Mt. Leonard.
She was born May 14, 1881, at Longlane, Dallas county, Missouri, the daughter of Jake and Sarah Rebecca Williams Runyon. She was married May 24, 1905, at Mt. Leonard to Fred M. Smitherman, who survives of the home at 323 West Maple, Slater.
Also surviving are three children, Ivan F. Smitherman and Mrs. Dale (Opal) Trimble, both of Kansas City, and Mrs. Mary Helen Smith of Bakersfield, Calif., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
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Mrs. Mary Smitherman, 83, died last Friday October 16, after an illness of 23 years.at Fitzgibbon Hospital, Marshall, Mo.
Funeral services were held Sunday, October 18, at Haines Funeral Home, Slater, Mo. with Rev. Steve Spear officiating. Mrs. Frances Brame was organist.
Mrs. Smitherman was born May 4, 1881 in Dallas County, Missouri, the daughter of Jake and Sarah Williams, On May 24, 1905 she was united in marriage with F.M. Smither- man who survives of the home at 323 West Maple St., Slater.
Also surviving is her son, Ivan F. Smitherman, Kansas City, Mo. and her daughters, Mrs. Dale (Opal) Trimble, Kansas City, Mo. and Mrs. Leslie (Mary Helen) Smith of Bakersfield, Calif. She was also survived by five grandchildren and three great grand children.
Four brothers and one sister preceded her death. She had lived in Slater for the past 57 years, having moved here from Mt. Leonard, Mo.
Pallbearers were Claude Otts, Dan Silverthorn, W.P. Dickson, C.C. Smeeton, Vince Maher, Lloyd McMullen Mrs. Frances Brame was organist.
Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Trimble,, Mr. and Ivan Smitherman, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Trimble and Mrs. Rose Vanderpool, all of Kansas City, Mo. Also Miss Pauline Gentry, Mrs. Iona Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. I.G. Dyer and Mrs. Wayne Johnson of Marshall; Mr. and Mrs. Bolton Briggs, Armstrong, John Lee Smitherman, Law- ton Okla. and Mrs. G.W. Fletcher, Sylvania, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of the Haines Funeral Home at Slater. The Rev. Steve Spear, pastor of the Slater Methodist church, officited and burial was in the Slater City cemetery.
Mrs. Smitherman had been a resident of Slater 57 years, moving there from Mt. Leonard.
She was born May 14, 1881, at Longlane, Dallas county, Missouri, the daughter of Jake and Sarah Rebecca Williams Runyon. She was married May 24, 1905, at Mt. Leonard to Fred M. Smitherman, who survives of the home at 323 West Maple, Slater.
Also surviving are three children, Ivan F. Smitherman and Mrs. Dale (Opal) Trimble, both of Kansas City, and Mrs. Mary Helen Smith of Bakersfield, Calif., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
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Mrs. Mary Smitherman, 83, died last Friday October 16, after an illness of 23 years.at Fitzgibbon Hospital, Marshall, Mo.
Funeral services were held Sunday, October 18, at Haines Funeral Home, Slater, Mo. with Rev. Steve Spear officiating. Mrs. Frances Brame was organist.
Mrs. Smitherman was born May 4, 1881 in Dallas County, Missouri, the daughter of Jake and Sarah Williams, On May 24, 1905 she was united in marriage with F.M. Smither- man who survives of the home at 323 West Maple St., Slater.
Also surviving is her son, Ivan F. Smitherman, Kansas City, Mo. and her daughters, Mrs. Dale (Opal) Trimble, Kansas City, Mo. and Mrs. Leslie (Mary Helen) Smith of Bakersfield, Calif. She was also survived by five grandchildren and three great grand children.
Four brothers and one sister preceded her death. She had lived in Slater for the past 57 years, having moved here from Mt. Leonard, Mo.
Pallbearers were Claude Otts, Dan Silverthorn, W.P. Dickson, C.C. Smeeton, Vince Maher, Lloyd McMullen Mrs. Frances Brame was organist.
Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Trimble,, Mr. and Ivan Smitherman, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Trimble and Mrs. Rose Vanderpool, all of Kansas City, Mo. Also Miss Pauline Gentry, Mrs. Iona Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. I.G. Dyer and Mrs. Wayne Johnson of Marshall; Mr. and Mrs. Bolton Briggs, Armstrong, John Lee Smitherman, Law- ton Okla. and Mrs. G.W. Fletcher, Sylvania, Ohio.