Obit: Smith, Ila (1903-1982)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Smith, LaGrander, Ferris, Tousely, Kmeiciak

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (13 January 1982)

Smith, Ila (6 May 1903 - 12 January 1982)

GRANTON - Mrs. Daniel (Ila) Smith, 78, of 521 N. Wash St., Elkhorn, formerly of Granton, died Tuesday at Lakeland Hospital in Elkhorn following a lingering illness..

Services will be Friday at St. Patrick's Church in Elkhorn. Friends may call at the Derkson Funeral Home, Elkhorn.

The former Ila LaGrander was born May 6, 1903, at Bruce and graduated in 1922 from Granton High School, She was married to Daniel Smith May 12, 1924, at Granton. They lived in Waukesha until 1973, when they moved to Chili. They also lived in Granton until November 1981, when they moved to Elkhorn.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Colleen Ferris, Elkhorn; a brother, George LaGrander, Chili: two stepsisters, Mrs. Myron (Alberta) Tousley and Mrs. Mitch (Annabell) Kmeirciak, both of Florida; and three grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her parents and a brother.