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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Smith, David Emmett
David Emmett Smith, 62, of Tama, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama, with the Rev. Harlan Nuss officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Vining. A memorial visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Donna of Tama; three children, Michelle Smith of Keystone, April (Landrew) Van Dee of Tama, and Charles (Melissa) Smith of Suffolk, Va.; two stepchildren, Laurie (Steve) Sullivan of Lamont, and Brian (Beth) Smith of Virgin Islands; 14 grandchildren; five brothers, Loren (Karen) Smith of Minneapolis, Minn., Gary (Star) Smith of Gregory, S.D., Ralph Smith of Louisiana, Paul Roy (Virginia) Smith of Louisiana, and Mark (Susie) Smith of Minneapolis, Minn.; three sisters, Carol (Roger) Booze of Valley, Neb., Beth (Norman) Jensen of Spencer, Neb., and Debbie Schueck of Colorado; and many nieces and nephews.

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