William L Smith, Sr.

1921 - 1997  (76 years)

• Name	William L Smith
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	9 Feb 1921	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Jun 1997	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6379	Rossville
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Z Smith,   b. 27 Apr 1895, Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Apr 1982, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Martha E Bearce Smith,   b. 1898,   d. 1983  (Age 85 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1918	Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
  Family ID	F7076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice L Waldo Smith,   b. 1925, Nehawka, Cass County, Nebraska ,   d. 1 Dec 2017, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 92 years)
  Married	2 May 1942	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Kenneth Ray Smith,   b. 23 Aug 1940, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 20 Oct 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 60 years)   2. Mary E Crumb Smith Taylor Kelly,   b. 24 Jun 1942, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Mar 1997, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 54 years) + 3. William L Smith, Jr.   4. Stuart Smith   5. Walter Smith + 6. Jeanette Smith Vogel Baker,   b. 24 Jul 1954,   d. 7 Mar 2018  (Age 63 years)   7. Lee Wicks   8. Pam Smith Scott
  Documents		Anniversary- Smith, William and Alice 1 Mr. and Mrs. William Smith were honored Sunday afternoon with a reception to commemorate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Hostesses for the reception were their daughter, Mrs. Buddy Taylor, and their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenneth Smith. A large number of relatives and friends were present for the occasion.
  		Anniversary- Smith, William and Alice 2 Golden Anniversary for Smiths Mr. and Mrs. William L. Smith, Rossville, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 1992, at the Rossville Community Center. Hosts will be their children: William, Jr., and Genita Smith, Dallas, Tex.; Stuart and Diane Smith, Madison, Fla.; Kenneth Smith, Kenneth and Mary Kelly, Randall and Jeanette Vogel, Walter and Julie Smith, all of Topeka. The couple requests no gifts, please. Bill and Alice have 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. William Smith retired from Goodyear after 40 years of service.
  Last Modified	21 May 2018 11:55:51
  Family ID	F3218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Smith, William L. 1 William L. Smith, Sr. William L. Smith, Sr., 76, Rossville, died Sunday, June 8, 1997, at the Rossville Valley Manor. He was born February 9,1921, in Topeka, the son of Walter and Martha Bearce Smith, and had lived in Rossville many years. Bill grew up in Topeka, and was graduated from Topeka High School in 1938. He served in the Army Air Corps. He was a Western Union Delivery boy, and had been a bus driver in Topeka for several years. He moved to Rossville in 1951. He had been a production foreman at Goodyear in Topeka, retiring in 1979. He was the mayor of Rossville for 14 years, and had served several years on the City Council. He was a member of the Rossville Christian Church. He was a past member of the Masonic Lodge, a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville, and a member of the Rossville Lions Club. On May 2, 1942, he was married to Alice Waldo, in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Jeanette Vogel and Mary Kelly, both of Topeka; four sons, William Smith, Jr., Napanee, Ontario, Canada, Walter Smith, Mayetta, Stuart Smith, Topeka, and Kenneth Smith, Emmett; three sisters, Geneva Durkin, Dover, Virginia Hamm, Wichita, and Juanita McCall, Topeka; one brother, Charles Smith, in California; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grand¬children. The family received friends at the Rossville Christian Church Monday. His service was at 10:00 Tuesday (this morning) at the Rossville Christian Church. Burial was in the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Northeast Kansas Parkinson Disease Foundation, P.O. Box 251, Topeka 66601; or sent in care of Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys.
  		Obituary- Smith, William L. 2 William L. Smith Sr. ROSSVILLE — William L. Smith Sr., 76, Rossville, died Sunday, June 8, 1997, at a nursing home here. He formerly was mayor of Rossville 14 years and had served on the Rossville City Council. He was born Feb. 9, 1921, in Topeka, the son of Walter and Martha Bearce Smith. He spent his early life in Topeka and was graduated from Topeka High School in 1938. He served in the Army Air Corps. He delivered telegrams for Western Union and was a bus driver in Topeka several years. He moved to Rossville in 1951. He was a production foreman at the Goodyear Plant in Topeka before he retired in 1979. He was a member of the Christian Church, Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion and the Lions Club, all in Rossville. He was a former member of a Masonic Lodge in Topeka. He was married to Alice Waldo May 2, 1942, in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include four sons, William Smith Jr., Napanee, Ont., Walter Smith, Mayetta, Stuart Smith, Topeka, and Kenneth Smith, Emmett; two daughters, Jeanette Vogel and Mary Kelly, both in Topeka; a brother, Charles Smith, in California; three sisters, Geneva Durkin, Dover, Virginia Hamm, Wichita, .and Juanita McCall, Topeka; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Christian Church in Rossville. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Smith will lie in state from 7 to 9 p.m. today during visitation at the church in Rossville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Northeast Kansas Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Box 251, Topeka, 66601. Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St Marys is in charge of arrangements.