FORMER BLAIR MERCHANT DIES

Robert Smock of St. Ignatius, Montana passed away Monday of this week of heart trouble. Deceased will be remembered by the Blair residents of forty years ago as the proprietor of a shoe store in the building now occupied by the J. D. Garrison Clothing Store.

While in business here he met and married Miss Nora Carrigan, a sister of the late Judge Burke Carrigan. After their marriage, he sold his business and moved to St. Ignatius, Montana, located in the northwestern part of the state, where they took a homestead, and where they have since resided.

Mr. Smock was known for his honesty in business and his pleasant personality. He had been in poor health for some time. He leaves to mourn him his wife, one daughter and three granddaughters.

Funeral services are to be held today at St. Ignatius.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #60763493

Name: James Smock
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Feb 1944
Event Place: Lake, Montana
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Marital Status: Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated): August 6, 1871
County: Lake
Registration Year (Original): 0
Index Number: La 2422
> Citing this Record
"Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZQ-T71 : 9 December 2014), James Smock, 28 Feb 1944; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.