ADDRESS: W6470 State Hwy 64, Medford, WI
PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: 3:32 PM
Monday, April 15 at Memorial Health Center, ER, Medford where he was taken
earlier by ambulance
TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 10:00 AM Friday, April 19 at Medford United Methodist
Church, Medford, WI
OFFICIATING: Rev. Kyochul Shin
INTERMENT: 2:00
PM Friday, April 19 at Christ Lutheran Halverson Cemetery, Menomonie, WI
VISITATION: 4-8 PM on Thursday, April 18 at Hemer Funeral
Home, Medford and from 9 AM until the time of services at 10 AM on Friday,
April 19 at Medford United Methodist Church
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: September 24, 1948 at Menomonie, WI
EDUCATION: North
Elementary school, Menomonie, and attended Menomonie High School
MARRIAGE: 1st: November of 1974 at Eau Claire to Leona
Pierce and they were later divorced; 2nd: January 5, 1990 at Medford to Glatha V.
Peters and she survives
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: After his education he worked at Presto in Eau
Claire, as a truck driver for Lake Area Sanitation in Rice Lake for periods of
time. In 1989 he moved to Medford and
worked as a truck driver for Bauer Trucking, Roehl Transport of Marshfield, and
Peterson Road Construction until retirement in 2009. He loved cars, motorcycles, camping,
woodworking, traveling sketch drawing, hockey, his dogs and the Green Bay
Packers.
MEMBER OF: Medford United Methodist Church; Teamsters Union
SURVIVING SPOUSE:
Glatha Smith of Medford
SURVIVING CHILDREN:
Daughters – Tammy Grasley of
Merrill & Dawn (Curtis) Hestad of Cameron, WI
Step-sons: Steven (Cathern) Piller of Owen & Scott
(Kristy) Piller of Medford
# OF LIVING GRANDCHILDREN: 11
GR-GRANDCHILDREN: 3
SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: Sister – Lela (Tom) Wilson of Menomonie;
Sisters-in-law: Andrea Smith of Durand,
Sandy (Larry) Tank of Gleason, WI
BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Brothers – Brian & Kevin Smith; Sister – Neila Smith
SURVIVING PARENTS:
Father-in-law: Walter Peters of Medford
DECEASED FATHER: Neil Alvin Smith DECEASED
MOTHER: Lila June Wharton
PALLBEARERS: Steve, Scott
& Cordell Piller, Curtis Hestad, Roger & Rodney Neubauer, Tom, Brad
& Brent Wilson, Mark Welke
OTHER INFORMATION:
Further survived by nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins
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