Geraldnine L. Smith

Geraldine L. Smith of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Tuesday, February 28, 2006, of heart failure.

      Visitation will begin after noon on Friday at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. that evening. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 4, at 11:00 a.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church, with Pastor Jeff Crawford officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery. Memorials have been established to Calvary Baptist Church and pancreatic cancer research.

      Born in Merrimac, IA, Geraldine was the daughter of Joseph L. and Katie Hyde Ross. On January 14, 1932, she married Francis L. Smith at the home of the Rev. Arthur L. Shuey in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He survives.