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Smiley - William SHeerer


Source: Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
May 19, 1938

 
William Sheerer SMILEY, son of William Steele and Isabella  Bunn Smiley, was born in Green Township, Parke County, Indiana on  Nov 28, 1869. He was educated in the schools of Greene Township.  He was a baptized member of the Associate Presbyterian Church. He  was married to Mollie J. ROBERTSON on November 1, 1900. They had  two sons, James H. and Lawrence R. who survive them. T his home  was broken on August 24, 1909 when his wife died. He engaged at  farming, later worked at the State Sanitarium and since retiring  five years he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Margaret Heslar  in Rockville. He was a faithful and active member of Waveland  Lodge No. 300 Free & Accepted Masons. He departed from among  us May 15, 1938, aged 68 years 5 months 17 days. He is survived  by two sons, James H. of Cincinnati and Lawrence of Fon du Lac,  Wisconsin; one grandchild, Sara Jane; one sister, Mrs. Margaret  Heslar of Rockville; two brothers, Henry A. of Rockville and Dr.  Thomas M. of Liberty, Mo and a number of other relatives and  friends. He was well known in the locality having passed his  entire life in Parke County living successively near Judson,  Waveland, Marshall and Rockville. The Waveland Masonic Lodge had  charge of the service at the grave in Maple Ridge on Monday  afternoon, Leslie Frank acting as orator.-- transcribed and submitted by Karen Bazzani Zach
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