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Cody Smith

SERVICES HELD FOR GLADWIN MAN

   Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Hall Funeral Home for Cody E. Smith, 72, of Buckeye Township, who died Saturday at Veteran's Hospital, Saginaw, following a two year illness. The Rev. Randall Roose officiated and burial was in Highland cemetery. Born on Nov. 29, 1888, in Bryan, Ohio, he came to Gladwin County in 1910 and was employed as an oil field pumper. He was married to the former Minnie Druley in April, 1938, in Gladwin. Mr. Smith was a veteran of World War I.

   Survivors include his widow, Minnie; a son, Lester, of Beaverton; four step-sons, Donald Druley of Tampa, Fla., Grover Druley, of Baltimore, Dale Gould; of Texas, and Dewey Gould of Midland; four sisters, Mrs. Alma Arkwright and Mrs. Hazel Rise, of Beaverton, Mrs. Leatha Rheinhart, of Midland, and Mrs. Lib Burlue, of Reading. A daughter, Dorothy, preceded him in death on Oct. 25, 1953.

 
 
Personal Information
Death Date
Burial/Final Location
Service
01/28/1961
Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, MI
MI Pvt. Co. F. 28 Inf.
 
Publication Information
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02/01/1961
Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
P:1 C:4
 
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January 2005
Tom Ladner
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