Valerie Marie Smith

1. Full Name: Valerie Marie Smith Age: 78 Years Sex: F

2. Current address: Topeka

3. Date of death: Thursday , October 31, 2002

4 Place of death: Midland Hospice House

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: April 23, 1924 Place of birth: Clyde, Kansas

6.b. Parents: Frank and Eda Odette Feight

6.c. Years in current city/town:

7. Background: She graduated from St. Vincent's Academy in Albuquerque, NM in 1941. Mrs. Smith lived
all of her adult life in Clyde, Kansas, before coming to Topeka in 1998. For 20 years, she and her husband
operated a poultry hatchery and turkey farm. She worked as a nurse's aide for about 10 years at St. Joseph's
Hospital in Concordia. She was a Catholic. She raised Persian cats for many years.


8. Relatives: Married to: Dean H. Smith, Aug. 15, 1943 in Clyde, Kansas.

8.b. preceded in death by: Her husband died Jan. 20, 1995. She was also preceded in death by an
infant son, John Thomas Smith.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Son: Gary Smith, Washburn, IL
Son: Larry Smith, Topeka, KS
2 Grandchildren: Dawn Frey, Topeka, KS
Cori Bird, Topeka
2 Great-grandchildren: Isaac Bird, Topeka, KS
Erin Bird, Topeka
Several cousins, including Gene and Teresa Feight of Clyde, Kansas

9. Service time, day, date, place: Mrs. Smith was cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later
date.

10. Burial:

11. Visitation times, place:

12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice House, 120 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka 66606.

14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
Director: Fred Holroyd