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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Francis L. Smith
Monday, October 1, 2018
Francis L. Smith
MT. PLEASANT - Francis L. Smith, 96 of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at the Klein Center in Burlington.
Open visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant. There will not be a family visitation time. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor Jeff "Duke" Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Midwest Old Threshers.
Born May 10, 1910, west of Trenton, in the Merrimac community, Mr. Smith was the son of Harlan and Clara Egli Smith. On Jan. 14, 1932, he married Geraldine L. Ross at the home of the Rev. Arthur L. Shuey in Mt. Pleasant. She preceded him in death on Feb. 28, 2006.