NEWS w \/lEWS 



Mrs. Earl C. Smith Dies 

 Suddenly at Home 



PIcfvra* (hew high 

 mwtaem In which Mr», 

 fori C. Smith wa« 

 held by farm Bureau 

 people and itaff of 

 fhe MA. Picture of left 

 «how« her re<elvlng 

 tllver service from 

 staff of lAA on retire- 

 ment of her husband 

 fright j In 1945 after 

 he had terved a* 

 president of lAA for 

 30 years. At right 

 she It shown with a 

 large bouquet of flow- 

 ers presented to her 

 by the memberihip at 

 the 33th annual meet- 

 Ing of the ffflnols Ag- 

 ricultural Association 

 In 1940. 



A FAMILIAR figure will be missing 

 when Farm Bureau folks meet to 

 chat during the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association this 

 fall. The sudden death of Mrs. Mary 

 Smith, wife of Earl C. Smith, has re- 

 moved one of the most gracious and 

 well-liked personages from Farm Bu- 

 reau circles. The warmth of her kind- 

 ly personality, of course, will long 

 remain with those who enjoyed the 

 privilege of meeting her during the 



20 years that Mr. Smith served as pres- 

 ident of the lAA and vice-president of 

 the American Farm Bureau Federation. 



Farm Bureau and Association of- 

 ficials were shocked and saddened when 

 they received word of Mrs. Smith's 

 death following a heart attack March 



21 in her home at Detroit, III. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Smith had finished breakfast 

 and Mr. Smith was preparing to drive 

 to Springfield for a meeting when she 

 was stricken. Mrs. Smith was in good 

 health and had planned to join her 

 husband in Springfield the following 

 dav. 



Mrs. Smith's death also was a shock 

 and loss to her many friends in De- 



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troit who had known her all her life. 

 As Rev. Joe T. Maynard, pastor of the 

 Detroit Christian Church, said at the 

 services, "I speak the sentiments of 

 this entire community when I say we 

 all have lost one of our best friends." 

 Mrs. Smith was a devoted member of 

 the Detroit Christian Church which 

 she and her husband joined during 

 the second year of their marriage. 



Mary Jeannette Smith was a daughter 

 of Frank and Elizabeth Sitton Sander- 

 son, pioneer settlers in Detroit town- 

 ship and was born on the Sanderson 

 homestead in that township on Oct. 13, 

 1887. She attended Toll Gate and 

 Detroit schools and on Aug. 29, 1909 

 was married to Earl C. Smith. They 

 went in to housekeeping and have al- 

 ways lived in the home where she 

 died. This house was originally built 

 by Mr. Smith's grandfather, William 

 Clemmons and is the home where his 

 mother was born. 



The Smiths had no children of their 

 own, but in 1915 when Mrs. Smith's 

 sister, Mrs. Lottie Fulmer, died, leaving 

 four small children, they took into 

 their home and lives the youngest 



daughter Eloise who was then two 

 years old. They were devoted and 

 helpful to the other children and their 

 home was opened to them at all times. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Smith had 41 nieces and 

 nephews who were always welcome in 

 their home and all of whom were very 

 fond of their Aunt Mary. 



Officials of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, Illinois Agricultural 

 Association and many past and present 

 directors of the lAA board attended 

 the services for Mrs. Smith. Mrs. 

 Smith loved people and she had a wide 

 acquaintance with Farm Bureau folks 

 through her attandance at lAA and 

 AFBF meetings. During the last 21 

 years she had only missed attending 

 two of these conventions. 



Former lAA Director 

 Wills Land to 4-H 



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HE late Milton W. Warren of Mans- 

 field in Piatt county, a member of the 

 lAA board of directors from 1945 until 

 he retired last November, has willed the 

 income of 80 acres of his 240-acre farm 

 to the University of Illinois for 4-H 

 Club work. 



The income will not be available 

 immediately but is subject to the prior 

 life estate of his widow, Mrs. Claradine 

 Warren. 



Mr. Warren was Piatt County Farm 

 Bureau president for 12 years. 



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