Submitter: Nadine A. Hardin
Name: Julius L. Smiley
South Bend Tribune: September 29, 1998
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Surnames mentioned: Smiley,
Benedict, Henritze, Heyden, Fflorian
South Bend Tribune, Indiana-Michigan Death
Notices; Tuesday, September 29, 1998.
Julius L. Smiley (Sept. 15,
1920-Sept. 28, 1998)
TIPPECANOE -- Julius L. "Sam'' Smiley,
78, of 2303 E. 18B Road, died at 5 a.m. Monday in Miller's Merry
Manor, Plymouth. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane; two
daughters, Sherry Benedict of Fort Wayne and Donna Henritze
of Westfield, Ind.; three sons, Garry and Milton, both of Warsaw,
and Roger of Plymouth; two sisters, Margaret Vander Heyden of
South Bend and Carole Florian of Walkerton; and four
brothers, Richard and Jim, both of Argos, Paul of Rochester and
Kenneth of Logansport. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Argos
Bible Church. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today in Grossman
Funeral Home, Argos, and one hour before services in the church.
Indiana South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; Tuesday,
September 29, 1998.
Julius L. Smiley (Sept. 15, 1920 - Sept. 28,
1998)
Julius L. ''Sam'' Smiley, 78, of 2303
E. 18B Road, Tippecanoe, Ind., passed away at 5 a.m. on Monday,
Sept. 28, at Miller's Merry Manor, Plymouth, Ind.
He was born on Sept. 15, 1920, in Rochester,
Ind., the son of LaVerne and Ethel Smiley. He was a 1940 graduate
of Bourbon High School.
He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, and
was a member of the Carpenters and Jointers Union Local 615 of
Northern Indiana. He was also a member of Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 1162, Plymouth.
Locally, in Tippecanoe, he had been very
active with the Tippecanoe Township Fire Department where he had
served as a fireman, and he had also been the chief of the
department for several years.
He was married to Betty Jane Peltz on
Dec. 13, 1941.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Jane
Smiley at home; two daughters, Sherry Benedict and her
husband Tom of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Donna Henritze and
her husband Bob of Westfield, Ind.; three sons, Garry and his
wife Jean of Warsaw, Ind., Roger and his wife Jennifer of
Plymouth, and Milton Smiley of Warsaw, Ind.; eight grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret Vander Heyden
of South Bend and Carole Florian of Walkerton, Ind.;
and by four brothers, Richard and Jim of Argos, Paul of Rochester
and Kenneth Smiley of Logansport, Ind. All mourn his passing.
He was preceded in death by an infant
daughter, a grandson, and by both of his parents.
Funeral services for Julius L. ''Sam''
Smiley will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Argos
Bible Church, Argos, with Pastor Mark Fishburn officiating. His
burial will be held in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester,
following the funeral services in the church.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m.
today at the Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, and one hour prior to
services at the church on Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the Diabetic
Association or to the Marshall County Cancer Fund.