Shirley J Voelker Smith

1933 - 2022  (89 years)

• Name	Shirley J Voelker Smith
  Born	6 Sep 1933	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Oct 2022
  Buried	21 Oct 2022	Hoyt Cemetery, Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I28903	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Paul Frank Voelker, Sr.,   b. 4 Apr 1909, Solomon, Dickinson County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Jan 1989, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Wilma May Holt Voelker,   b. 17 Nov 1908, Kansas ,   d. 9 Mar 1994, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1930
  Documents		Anniversary- Voelker, Paul and Wilma Voelkers To Celebrate Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Voelker will be honored guests at a 50th wedding anniversary reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith of 123 N.E. 82nd, Topeka. Also hosting the reception will be their other children, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Voelker, jr., Atchison, and Mrs. Leona Coleman, Midwest City, Oklahoma, their eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Voelker were married March 25, 1930. They lived in the Delia and Hoyt communities a number of years before moving to their present address of 3334 Mayo, Topeka. Relatives and friends are invited to share this occasion. The couple request that no gifts be presented.
  Family ID	F8260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marvin E Smith
  Married	4 Aug 1951	Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	1. Judy Ann Smith,   d. 1961   2. Connie Jean Smith   3. Ben Smith   4. Donna Marie Smith Amend   5. Jim Smith
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2024 17:23:30
  Family ID	F8907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 4 Aug 1951 - Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Smith, Shirley Shirley J. Voelker Smith Shirley J. Smith, 89, of Topeka passed away on October 14, 2022. She was born September 6, 1933 in the Delia, Kansas area to Paul and Wilma Holt Voelker. At a very early age she moved with her parents to Hoyt, Kansas. She attended Hoyt Elementary and Hoyt High School, graduating in 1951. Shirley was active in the Hoyt 4-H Club. She married Marvin E. Smith on August 4, 1951. Rev. Harold Brown, brother-in-law of Marvin, officiated the ceremony at the home of her parents, Paul and Wilma Holt Voelker. Marvin and Shirley celebrated 70 years of marriage in August 2021. Most of those years were at their farm north of Topeka in Shawnee County. Shirley had a very busy life on the farm being much involved in the dairy operation for twenty-five years and later in a beef cattle operation. She very much enjoyed summer visits and help from all the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was active in the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church and the women's group and was chairwoman of the annual fall turkey dinner for many years. In later years, Shirley returned to the Hoyt Baptist Church where she had grown up and been baptized. Both churches were very dear to her. Shirley was active in the Shawnee County Farm Bureau serving as the Women's Chairwoman, an officer for the Master Farm Homemakers of Kansas, and the National Farm Homemakers. She also served as a supervising judge on the election board for Shawnee County for several years. Shirley is survived by her children: Connie Jean Smith, Topeka, Ben (Ramona) Smith, Topeka, Donna Marie Amend, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, and Jim (Elizabeth) Smith, Winter Garden, Florida; six grandchildren: Jennifer (Al) Davis, Curt Hermann, Brandon (Leah), Blake (Melissa) Smith, Brock (Laura) and Chanel Smith (Elijah); and twelve great grandchildren. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Marvin, their daughter Judy Ann in 1961, her parents Paul and Wilma Voelker, her brother Paul Voelker (Virginia), and her sister Leona Coleman. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 21st at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt. Burial will follow in the Hoyt Cemetery. Shirley will lie in state after 9:00 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home where family and friends will meet from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memorials have been established to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church of Hoyt, and Jackson County 4-H. On-line condolences may be made to chapeloaksfuneralhome.com