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Name: Thelma S. Krom Smith
Spouse: Gordon R. Smith
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DECEASED 2014,
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1942 Attended from through

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Birthdate: January 13, 1925   
Date of Death: July 23, 2014  
       

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Thelma S. Smith, 89, of Warren, Indiana, died at 2:30 am, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Heritage Pointe in Warren. She was born January 13, 1925 in Wabash County, Indiana to Milo O. and Frieda P. (Knoop) Krom.

Thelma was a 1942 graduate of Columbia City High School and also attended beauty college.

She married Gordon R. Smith at the Lincolnville United Methodist Church on June 2, 1946. She was a beautician in her home and also took care of her son with muscular dystrophy several years.

Thelma was a member of the Lincolnville United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the Wabash County Farm Bureau.

She is survived by her husband, Gordon R. Smith of Warren, 2 children, Alice Dyer of Huntington, Indiana, and Gerald L. Smith of Lakeland, Florida, sister, Louise Shull of North Manchester, Indiana, 4 grandchildren, Karen Allard of Union City, Michigan, Kathy (Kevin) Robinson of Hillsdale, Michigan, Kerrie Lynn Watson of Canton, Ohio, and Keith Watson of Hillsdale, Michigan, 12 great grandchildren, and 16 great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, son Charles A. Smith who died in 1973, brother Lewis Krom, and sister Trescha Herron.

Funeral services will be 10:00 am Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave. Wabash, with Rev. Melissa Rice officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-7 pm Friday at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Gideons International.
 
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