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Milton Smith
MILTON SMITH
Vinton
Milton A. Smith, 94, of Vinton, died Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab Center in Vinton. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 5, at Wesley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Judith Bunyi officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before service time Saturday at the church. Masonic rites will be delivered by Tom Boeckman of the Vinton Masonic Lodge No. 62 AF & AM. Full military rites will also be conducted at the church by the Geo. G. Luckey American Legion Post No. 57 and Iowa Mili-tary Funeral Honors. Private family interment will be held at a later date in the Troy Mills Cemetery. Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.
Milt was born March 15, 1920, to Lloyd A. and Mary Etta Washington Smith at Marion. Milt attended country school and later graduated from Central City High School. He served his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War
II and was honorably
discharged.
Milt was united in marriage to Margery D. Shaffer on July 3, 1943, at Central City. The couple resided in Linn and Benton counties all of their married lives. Milt and Marge would have celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary on Wednesday, July 3, 2014.
He managed Independence Produce Company for eight years, was an
artificial inseminator for Eastern Iowa Breeders for seven years and for nearly 40 years worked in the real estate and insurance business, retiring in 2000.
Milt was a 68-year-member of the Geo. G. Luckey American Legion Post No. 57 in Vinton and a 67-year-member of the Vinton Masonic Lodge No. 62 AF & AM. He was also a longtime member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton.
Milt is survived by his wife of nearly 71 years, Margery of Vinton; his son, Phillip E. (Martha) Smith of Cedar Rapids; his daughter, Patricia A. (Richard) Hoover, also of Cedar Rapids; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and his brother, William W. Smith of Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son, William H. Smith; and his sister, Lloyda Hohlfelder.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at
www.phillipsfuneral
homes.com.
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