SMILEY, SYlvia McClain - Putnam

MILLIGAN – Mrs. Sylvia F. Smiley, 91, of Rt. 2, Rockville, died Wednesday in Ben Hur Nursing Home at Crawfordsville where she had been a patient for about a year. She was a member of Parkeville Christian Church and Greene Township Woman’s Club. Born Aug. 3, 1885, in Parke County, she was a daughter of Jacob and Nancy Alexander McClain. She married Clay Smiley on March 28, 1906, near Milligan. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Marcenia McCutchan of Rt. 2, Rockville, Mrs. Eloyse Phipps of Rockville and Mrs. Evelyn Northcutt and Mrs. Martin Jean Neier, both of Crawfordsville; a son, Melvin of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Gozette Phillips of Rt. 2, Rockville; a brother, Raymond McClain of Rt. 2, Rockville; 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, two grandchildren and two sisters are deceased. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Machledt & Servies Funeral Home at Waveland with the Rev. Carl Huxford officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Portland Mills Cemetery. – jlr