Obit: Smith, Sarah (1864 - 1951)

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Surnames: SMITH HOLMES MILLER

----Sources: Marathon Co. Register (Unity, Clark County, Wis.) 11/30/1951

Smith, Sarah (1864 - 28 Nov. 1951)

Mrs. Jacob Smith, 87, mother of the Rev. F. J. Smith of the Unity and Colby Methodist Churches, died at the Bethesda Rest Home in Arpin Wednesday morning. Death terminated an illness of several months.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Colby Methodist Church with the Rev. Lee Holmes, Loyal, officiating. Burial will be made in the Colby cemetery. The body will repose at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, until the time of the services.

Sarah Miller was born in Tyrle County, Ireland and she came to this country when a small girl and lived in Maryland and Philadelphia. She was married to Jacob Smith on Nov. 1, 1884. They celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary this year.

*** Note: Mrs. Smith’s year of birth is from the Colby Memorial Cemetery index on this site.