Alison L. Smith Black

Alison L. Smith Black, 53, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Omaha and Council Bluffs, died on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at the Henry County Health Center Emergency Room.

A memorial funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 1, at the Kimzey Funeral Home, located at 213 North Main Street, in Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Andy Avery will officiate. Burial will be at a later date.

Memorials may be directed to the family for a charity to be named later. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.

Black was born on Sept. 9, 1962, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Melvin E. and Bessie B. (Zachmeyer) Smith. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant Community High School in 1981. She attended Iowa State University and Iowa Western Community College, in Council Bluffs.

She was a longtime employee in the food service and restaurant industry, primarily as a waitress. Most recently, she was a cook at the Mt. Pleasant Community High School.

She enjoyed cross-stitching.

She attended Faith Christian Outreach Church.

Black is survived by her children, Lindsay Bockert, of Omaha, Neb.; Nichole (Dustin) Smelser, of Elk Horn, Neb.; Bryan Black, of Omaha, Neb.; and Miguel Lagunes-Black and Andrea Lagunas-Smith, both of Mt. Pleasant; a sister, Betty (Irvin) Jerrel, of Mt. Pleasant; two brothers, Duane H. (Laura) Smith, of Ft. Collins, Colo.; and Everett M. Smith, of Mt. Pleasant; and eight grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Charlotte Kay Hodson.