Daniel E. Smith
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born June 4, 1963, in Mishawaka, to Walter and Pamela Neff Smith. On Aug. 2, 1997, in Elkhart, he married Brenda Prater, who survives.
A lifetime area resident, he was a Jimtown High School graduate. He was a welder at Hochstetler Grain for 11 years. He also worked part-time in security for Jim Miller private investigation.
Also surviving are his mother, Pamela Smith, Elkhart; two daughters, Mrs. Chad (Christina) Hochstetler, Nappanee, and Tiffani Smith, Mishawaka; five sons: Bryon Jones, Nappanee; Carl Edward Smith, at home; Logan Alan Smith and Timothy Tucker, both of South Bend; and Kenny Bicknell, Elkhart; seven grandchildren; six brothers: Michael, Walter C. and Mickey Joe Smith, all of Elkhart; Jonathon Smith, Middlebury; Matthew Smith, Shipshewana; and Jason Smith, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Dana (Elizabeth) Platz, Nappanee, and Mrs. Victor (Angel) Sanchez, Elkhart. He was preceded in death by his father and a sister.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, with the Rev. Terry Tyler officiating. Burial will be in Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris.
Calling is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the Daniel E. Smith Memorial Fund.[[In-content Ad]]
He was born June 4, 1963, in Mishawaka, to Walter and Pamela Neff Smith. On Aug. 2, 1997, in Elkhart, he married Brenda Prater, who survives.
A lifetime area resident, he was a Jimtown High School graduate. He was a welder at Hochstetler Grain for 11 years. He also worked part-time in security for Jim Miller private investigation.
Also surviving are his mother, Pamela Smith, Elkhart; two daughters, Mrs. Chad (Christina) Hochstetler, Nappanee, and Tiffani Smith, Mishawaka; five sons: Bryon Jones, Nappanee; Carl Edward Smith, at home; Logan Alan Smith and Timothy Tucker, both of South Bend; and Kenny Bicknell, Elkhart; seven grandchildren; six brothers: Michael, Walter C. and Mickey Joe Smith, all of Elkhart; Jonathon Smith, Middlebury; Matthew Smith, Shipshewana; and Jason Smith, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Dana (Elizabeth) Platz, Nappanee, and Mrs. Victor (Angel) Sanchez, Elkhart. He was preceded in death by his father and a sister.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, with the Rev. Terry Tyler officiating. Burial will be in Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris.
Calling is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the Daniel E. Smith Memorial Fund.[[In-content Ad]]
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