Obituary Record

Roland Jr. Smith
Died on 8/2/2015
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Posted on line: Monday, August 3, 2015; Published in The Pilot Tribune, Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Roland Smith Jr., 91

Funeral services for Roland Smith Jr., age 91 of Blair will be held Thursday at 10:30AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Burial will follow services in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday beginning at 4:00PM with family receiving friends from 5:00 to 7:00PM, with a prayer service at 7:00PM at Campbell Aman Funeral Home. Mr. Smith died Sunday August 2, 2015, at his home in Blair.

Survived by children Jeff (Cindy) Smith, Kenny (Dawn) Smith and Shirley Moore.

Full obituary will be in next edition.

Omaha World Herald 4 Aug 2015

Smith, Jr., Roland Age 91 Blair. Survived by his children, Jeff (Cindy) Smith, Kenny (Dawn) Smith and Shirley Moore; grandchildren, Greg (Mitzi) Huff, Rebecca (Patrick) Martin, Courtney (Brian) Koch, Jarred (Abby) Smith, Megan (Mike) Starzyk, Jacci (Aaron) Barge, Jayme (Dusty) Book, Dylan Moore; 14 great grandchildren. FUNERAL 10:30am Thursday, Trinity Lutheran Church, Blair. Burial will follow services in the Blair Cemetery. VISITATION will be held Wednesday beginning at 4pm with family receiving friends from 5-7pm, with a prayer service at 7pm at Campbell Aman Funeral Home. CAMPBELL-AMAN FUNERAL HOME 444 S. 17th Blair, NE 402-426-2191 www.campbellaman.com

Posted on line: Tuesday, August 4, 2015; Published in The Enterprise, Friday, August 7, 2015

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Roland Smith Jr., 91

Funeral services for Roland Smith Jr., age 91 of Blair will be held Thursday at 10:30AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. Burial will follow services in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday beginning at 4:00PM with family receiving friends from 5:00 to 7:00PM, with a prayer service at 7:00PM at Campbell Aman Funeral Home. Mr. Smith died Sunday August 2, 2015 at his home in Blair.

Roland Smith Jr. was born on March 5, 1924 in DeSoto, Nebraska, to Roland and Eva (Schafer) Smith. He was baptized in April of 1928 at the Methodist Church in Blair. Roland attended March School and later graduated from Blair High School. He served in the United States Army during WWII, landing on Omaha Beach just a few days after D-Day. After the war, Roland returned to Nebraska and began farming in the DeSoto area. He married Marjory Ann Dey on April 7, 1946. The couple were parents to 3 children: Jeff, Kenny and Shirley. The family moved to the Schafer Farmstead in the spring of 1953 and farmed there as well as the DeSoto farm. He continued the family tradition of entering bushels of corn in the county and state fairs, where the Smith family won numerous awards.

Mr. Smith was a member of the Blair American Legion, the Blair VFW, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair, as well as serving for many years on the March School District #31 School Board.

He is survived by his children: Jeff (Cindy) Smith, Kenny (Dawn) Smith and Shirley Moore, grandchildren: Greg (Mitzi) Huff, Rebecca (Patrick) Martin, Courtney (Brian) Koch, Jarred (Abby) Smith, Megan (Mike) Starzyk, Jacci (Aaron) Barge, Jayme (Dusty) Book, Dylan Moore and 14 great-grandchildren.

Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his parents, Roland Smith Sr. and Eva Smith; his wife, Marjory Smith; and his son in law, Michael Moore.

From funeral leaflet:

Pastor Shawn C. Linnell conducted the funeral, and offered words of comfort. Katy Flynn was organist, and Kenny Smith vocalist, singing "How Great Thou Art" and "The Lord's Prayer". The congregation sang "On Eagle's Wings", "God's Own Child", and "The Old Rugged Cross".

Pallbearers were: Aaron Barge, Dusty Book, Greg Huff, Brian Koch, Patrick Martin, Dylan Moore, Mike Starzyk and Jarred Smith.

Honorary Pallbearers: Tim Alberico, Jim Custard, Wayne Dein, Ron Hineline, Jack Jensen, Richard Kruse, and LeRoy Stevens.

Graveside services were held at the Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska.

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

FindaGrave memorial # 150201032 ~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 8/4/2015


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