----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner 11/17/1976

MYTLE SMITH

Myrtle Smith, 68, a former teacher in the rural schools of Clark County, Wis. and in the Sumner District, of Sumner, Wash., died Thursday, Oct. 21, 1976, while visiting her daughter in Benton City, Wash.

She was married to Floyd Smith of Loyal Sept. 20, 1928. They farmed in the Loyal area until 1960, when they moved to Sumner, Wash. Mr. Smith preceded her in death in 1971.

Mrs. Smith of 1721 16th St., Sumner, was born in Loyal, Wis. and moved to Sumner in 1960. She was teaching in Bonny Lake Elementary School at the time of her retirement in 1972.

Mrs. Smith graduated from the Stevens Point State Normal School in Wisconsin and had attended Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash.

She was a volunteer tutor and spent much time teaching the English language to Vietnamese refugees. She also was an active member in the Sumner Free Methodist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ted (Ila Mae) Nelson of Sumner, Wash, Ms. Darlene Ystad of Puyallup, Wash., Mrs. Bobby (Carla) Lane, of Benton City, Wash., a son, Myron Smith of Indonesia, a brother, Ashley Goodwin of Winston, Ore., 15 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters-in-law, Vera Roder and Carrie Smith of Loyal.

Officiating at the services were Rev. Harold Aikens of Sumner and Rev. Archie Rumppe of Burlington, Wash. Organist was Mrs. Lester Engborg, soloist was Floyd Lenhart of Sumner who sang New Twenty-third Psalm and "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow".

Interment was in Companion Gardens , Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Wash. under the direction of Sumner-Voiles Funeral Chapel.