Mr. Smith was employed by the United States Postal Service for 32 years in downtown Kansas City and at the Air Mail Center there. He served in the Navy during World War II and in the Korean War.
Born in Kansas City on Feb. 24, 1921, he was reared and had lived in Kansas City until moving to Hemet two years ago.
Mr. Smith was a member of the USS Georgianna of the home; three daughters, Joan Evans and Jeanne Beck, both of Kansas City, and Mary Rossiter, St. Joseph; a brother, R. Dean, Sun City, Nebraska City, Neb., Dr. Lyle Steiner, San Marino, Colo., Merlin Steiner, Hudson, N.C., and James Steiner, Overland Park, Kan.; five stepdaughters, Lois Meyer and Florence Meyer, both of Sabetha, Mary Marti, Overland Park, Eleanor Weiss, Dundee, Ill., and Alma J. George, Hollywood, Fla.; two brothers, Ivan and Harlan Thomas, both of Peoria; two sisters, Rose Steiner, Oakville, Iowa; 35 stepgrandchildren; 70 stepgreat-grandchildren; and a stepgreat-great-grandchild.
Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sabetha Apostolic Christian Church. Burial: Sabetha Cemetery. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Popkess Mortuary, Sabetha. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sabetha Community Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Department Renovation or the Sabetha Apostolic Christian Church Building Fund and sent in care of the funeral home.
Philip A. Wall
1933-1999
JAMESPORT, Mo. -- Philip Albert Wall, 65, Jamesport, died Sunday, March 14, 1999, at a Trenton, Mo., hospital.
Mr. Wall was born in Roundup, Mont., on Oct. 21, 1933. He moved to N.Y., and Melody Prescott, Jamesport; two sons, David, Juneau, and Albert, Craig, Ark.; a brother, Daniel, Lacey, Wash.; a sister, Felicity Glandon, Lacey; and 16 grandchildren.
Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Jamesport. Burial: Jamesport Memorial Cemetery. Family visitation: 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, Bram Funeral Home, Jamesport, where friends may call after 9 a.m. today. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Alaska Bible College, P.O. Box 287, Glennallen, AK 99588.
Delbert O. Waterbury
1922-1999
JAMESON, Mo. -- Delbert Owen Waterbury, 76, Jameson, died Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at a Liberty, Mo., hospital.
Born in Mount Moriah, Mo., on Aug. 26, 1922, Mr. Waterbury was a farmer and lived in the Jameson area most of his life.
He was a past member of the Jameson Lions Club and also served on the Grand River township board.
On Feb. 29, 1944, he married Nellie M. Creekmore in Atchison, Kan. She survives of the home.
Mr. Waterbury was preceded in death by his parents, Orville and Ina; and three brothers, Billie Joe, Charles and Cliff.
Additional survivors: a daughter, Patty Baker, Jameson; a son, Mike, Gallatin, Mo.; two brothers, Ernie and Alf; three sisters, Kathryn Page, Shirley Henderson and Frances Gott; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Service: 2 p.m. Friday, Hope-Eldringhoff Funeral Home, Gallatin. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Gallatin. Visitation: friends may call after noon today at the funeral home. There will be no family visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association in care of Hope-Eldringhoff Funeral Home, 201 S. Market, Gallatin, MO 64640.
Alvin Wright
1921-1999
Alvin Wright, 77, St. Joseph, died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at the Liberty, Mo., hospital.
For 34 years, Mr. Wright was employed by the Gas Service Co. until retiring as a dispatcher. During World War II, he served in the Army.
Born in Calif., and Floyd, Germany; two stepbrothers, James Bertrem, Iowa and later as a cook for Village Health Care Center, Cameron.
Born Oct. 23, 1941, in Washing-ton, Iowa, High School.
Mrs. Bender was a member of the United Methodist Church, Cameron.
On Dec. 31, 1960, she married Gerald Bender in Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron. Burial: Cameron Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home.
Paul C. Burns
1914-1999
HAMILTON, Mo. -- Paul Chester Burns, 84, Hamilton, died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at a Kansas City hospital.
Mr. Burns served in the Army during World War II.
Born July 28, 1914, in Cowgill, Mo., he was a member of American Legion Post No. 285 and Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 4179, both of Hamilton, and Cowgill Baptist Church.
Mr. Burns was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur D. and Sarah; two brothers; and a sister.
Surviving: a son, Steve, Edwardsville, Kan.; and a brother, Sidney, Manson, Wash.
Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Pitts Funeral Home, Braymer, Mo. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Braymer. Visitation: after 9 a.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Memorial contributions may be sent to Ducks Unlimited.
Ruth E. Carter
1915-1999
MCFALL, Mo. -- Ruth Ellen (Jeffries) Carter, 84, McFall, died Thursday, March 18, 1999, at a Cameron, Mo., hospital.
Mrs. Carter, a homemaker, was born March 16, 1915, in Harrison County, Mo.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl, in 1981; a son, Stanley; her parents, Ben and Elizabeth Jeffries; and a grandson.
Surviving: two sons, Jerald and Gary, both of Gallatin, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Service: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Roberson Funeral Home, Pattonsburg, Mo. Burial: McFall Cemetery. Visitation: after 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Jacob Carter
1932-1999
MCFALL, Mo. -- Jacob "Jake" Carter, 66, McFall, died Thursday, March 18, 1999, at an Albany, Mo., hospital.
Mr. Iowa and northwest Carter had served in the Air Force.
Mr. Carter was preceded in death by his parents, Elbert and Daisy; and two brothers, Jack and Leo.
Additional survivors: four sons, Rick, Randy and Rob, all of Creston, Colo., and Janine Stephenson, Holton; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, Horton. Burial: Horton, Kan. Cemetery. Visitation: after 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to Holton Community Hospital and may be sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, 1720 First Ave. E., Horton, KS 66439.