Eva Marguerite Smith
Eva Marguerite Smith, 95, Wabash, died at 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. She was born Jan. 28, 1923, in Knox City, Mo. to Raymond and Ruth Gladys (Etheridge) Dorsey.
She was a 1941 graduate of LaBelle High School in LaBelle, Mo. She married Donald William Smith in Ewing, Mo. April 11, 1942; he died July 5, 2002. She worked 17 years for Heckman Bindery in North Manchester and was a 70 year member of Wabash Church of the Brethren. Marguerite enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking, canning, and doing for others.
Marguerite Smith is survived by five children: Linda Kay (Jim) Domine, Lansing, Mich.; Sharon Ruth (Roger) Channell, Jackson, Ohio; Anita Rae (Tom) Davidson, Ankeny, Iowa; Paul Dean (Janet) Smith, Indianapolis; and Mark Donald (Debbie) Smith, Houston, Texas; daughter-in-law, Betty Smith, North Manchester; 14 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Geraldine Dorsey, Overland Park, Kan. She was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Wendell Lee Smith, two brothers, Raymond and Etheridge Dorsey, and an infant brother.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Kay Gaier officiating. Burial will be in Ever Rest Memorial Park, Logansport. Friends may call 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Wabash Church of the Brethren.