Clyde W. Smith Jr.
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born Jan. 9, 1937, in Washington, D.C., to Clyde W. Sr and Otilia Burns Smith. On July 1, 2000, he married Suzanne Neidig, who survives. A Bourbon resident for the past nine years, he retired as a transmission engineer at Daimler-Chrysler and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a member of Moose Lodge, Kokomo, and Bourbon American Legion Post 424.
Also surviving are 10 children: Angie (and spouse Tim) Lovegrove, Dorothy Smith, Tammy (and spouse Mike) Cook and Butch (and spouse Pam) Smith, all of Kokomo; Linda Anger, Michigan; William Smith, Jessica (and spouse Justin) Stoddard, Jeananne Doty and Jacob Doty, all of Bourbon; and J.D. Doty, Mentone; 28 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Linda (and spouse Tom) Haley, Georgia; and two brothers, Ralph (and spouse Pam) Smith, Washington, D.C., and Tom (and spouse Mary) Smith, Michigan. He was preceded in death by a sister.
A graveside service will be at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon, with military services by members of Bourbon American Legion.
Calling is from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon.[[In-content Ad]]
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He was born Jan. 9, 1937, in Washington, D.C., to Clyde W. Sr and Otilia Burns Smith. On July 1, 2000, he married Suzanne Neidig, who survives. A Bourbon resident for the past nine years, he retired as a transmission engineer at Daimler-Chrysler and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a member of Moose Lodge, Kokomo, and Bourbon American Legion Post 424.
Also surviving are 10 children: Angie (and spouse Tim) Lovegrove, Dorothy Smith, Tammy (and spouse Mike) Cook and Butch (and spouse Pam) Smith, all of Kokomo; Linda Anger, Michigan; William Smith, Jessica (and spouse Justin) Stoddard, Jeananne Doty and Jacob Doty, all of Bourbon; and J.D. Doty, Mentone; 28 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Linda (and spouse Tom) Haley, Georgia; and two brothers, Ralph (and spouse Pam) Smith, Washington, D.C., and Tom (and spouse Mary) Smith, Michigan. He was preceded in death by a sister.
A graveside service will be at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bourbon, with military services by members of Bourbon American Legion.
Calling is from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, Bourbon.[[In-content Ad]]
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