Submitted by: Dan Rich

Lavone H. Smith

Nov. 9, 1902 - Aug. 15, 1996

South Bend Tribune 8/17/1996

Lavone H. Smith, 93, of Countryside Place, Mishawaka, formerly of 509 E. Eckman St., South Bend, passed away at 4:10 a.m., Thursday, in Countryside Place. Mrs. Smith had been head of the music department in the Shenandoah, Iowa Schools. She was born Nov. 9, 1902, in Shenandoah and had lived in this area since 1944, coming from Shenandoah.

On May 28, 1926, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as Lavone Hamilton, she married DeWitt H. Smith, who died Oct. 8, 1984. Survivors include a niece, Jennie E. Tysor of Riverton, Iowa; a nephew, Charles A. Hamilton of Mishawaka; and numerous great-nieces and nephews, including Charles A. Hamilton, Jr. of Indianapolis and Catherine H. Caldwell of Fairfax, Calif.

Mrs. Smith was a member of First United Methodist Church of Mishawaka, PEO Chapter X, Pi Beta Phi Scholastic Sorority, and Mu Phi Epsilon Honorary Musical Sorority.

Cremation will take place at Michiana Crematory. Memorial graveside services and burial will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah. There will be no local visitation or services. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Mishawaka. Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., South Bend, is handling local arrangements.