MRS. CHARLOTTE L. SMITH DIES OF HEART ATTACK

Mr. Charlotte Lola Smith died January 14, 1951 of a heart attack. Mrs. Smith was the wife of Wm. D. Smith, a Methodist minister who for a number of years was pastor of the Kennard church.

After leaving the ministry, he purchased an acreage west of Kennard where he went into the chicken business. He passed away in 1943 leaving the wife and a daughter.

Mrs. Smith was born in Blairsberg, Iowa, where she was reared. Since the death of the husband, the daughter has been engaged in teaching and holds a position in Ohiowa, Nebr. The mother has been staying with her. The death came suddenly as a heart attack.

The body was brought to Kennard, and the funeral was held at 2 o’clock p.m. from the Methodist church Wednesday, and interment was made in Webster City, Iowa beside that of her husband. The Campbell Mortuary was in charge.

One brother, Major General Hoag of Washington, D.C. was present.

1 Feb., 1951 - The Enterprise

MRS. CHRLOTTE SMITH BURIED AT WEBSTER, IOWA

Funeral services were held January 24th at the M. E. church in Kennard for Mrs. Charlotte Smith, widow of the late Rev. Wm. D. Smith. Rev. J. Bruce Wylie of North Bend, a friend for over thirty years, delivered the address. He was assisted in the service by Rev. A. N. Clarke of Schuyler and Rev. Frank Carver, Kennard pastor.

Music was furnished by Dana College Music department.

Pallbearers were Harold Fager of Lincoln, Peter and Samuel Jacobsen of Omaha, Lyle Guyer of Blair and John H. Johnson and Henry Lautrup of Kennard.

Services were held at Webster City, Iowa with burial there.

Charlotte Lola, the only daughter of William Ellsworth and Frances Lola Hoag, was born at Blairsburg, Iowa March 24, 1884. When she was four years old, the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa. Her she received her entire schooling, finishing at Morningside College.

Then she entered the millinery trade working up to head milliner at Martin’s Store in Sioux City. She held this position until her marriage to Rev. Wm. D. Smith. Together they served pastorates at Newport, Page, Winside, Dixon, North Bend and Kennard. Due to failing health, Rev. Smith retired from the ministry at Kennard.

In earlier years Mrs. Smith had been active in church work and county extension programs.

For the last three years she had made her home with her daughter during the winter months. Here she was found Sunday afternoon. She had been writing letters. A doctor placed the death several hours earlier. She was alone at the time because her daughter was in the Geneva hospital.

Besides the daughter, Lola, high school instructor at Ohiowa, Nebr., she leaves a brother, Maj. General Earl S. Hoag of Washington, D.C., a niece and nephew who had lived with her in their youth, Mrs. Morris B. Miller of Whittier, Calif. and Thomas D. Smith of Port Byron, Ill. And Eugene Nordgreen of Creighton, Nebr. who had lived in Mrs. Smith’s home since the age of four.

She was a devoted wife and mother, a thoughtful friend, a charitable neighbor. She was a great lover of flowers, birds and animals, disproving the old belief that birds will not nest near cats. She often remarked, “I have more birds and also more cats than anyone else."

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

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