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Alyce Mae Smith, 90

Printed in the Jan. 9, 2009 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

Alyce Mae Smith, 90

Alyce Mae Smith, 80, of Fremont, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in the A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont.

The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, in the Presbyterian church in Fremont. Interment will be in Ridge Cemetery.

Visitation 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitation at the church Saturday morning will be for an hour before the service.

Alyce Mae Green was born Aug. 6, 1928, in Fremont to Joseph and Lily (Olson) Green. She was a lifetime resident of Fremont, except for a few years when she and her husband lived in Fontanelle. She was a 1946 graduate of Fremont High School and attended Midland College for 2 ½ years.

She grew up in the family floral business in Fremont, Greens Greenhouse, and worked there all her life until just a month ago when her heart failed.

On Jan. 14, 1949, she married William H. “Bill” Smith. They were married in Fremont in her grandparents’ home, the same home where her father and mother “Carnation” Joe & Lily Green were married, and where her daughter would later be married.

Mrs. Smith was a lifelong active member of The Presbyterian Church. She had served her church as an Elder, taught Sunday School; was active in the United Presbyterian Women, member of Circle 4, and taught Bible School. She also had been secretary of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) , a member of the Joslyn Art Guild, the Fremont Area Art Association, and she was a supporter of Keep Fremont Beautiful.

She is survived by her husband, William Smith; sons and daughters-in-law, William J. and Eileen Smith of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Stacy and Laurie Smith of Houston, Texas, daughter, Sue Reyzlik of Fremont; six grandchildren; two great-grandsons; sister and brother-in-law, Joey and Mel Schwanke of Fremont, and Peggy Freeborn of Pennsylvania.

She was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Randy Reyzlik.

Memorials are suggested to Keep Fremont Beautiful and to The Presbyterian Church.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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