Smith Estate Gift Benefits Mentone Organizations
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Michelle Bormet, niece of the Smiths, along with her husband, Jeff, serve as trustees of the estate of Frank and Jerry Smith. The Bormets honored the wishes of the Smiths by establishing two funds in the Smiths’ names. Both funds are named for Frank D. and Geraldine “Jerry” L. Smith. One benefits the Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum and was established with $150,000, and the other benefits the Bell Memorial Public Library and was established with $100,000. Both organizations, in Mentone, will receive an annual distribution from the funds.
The Smiths owned and operated Frank & Jerry’s grocery store in Mentone from 1947 to 1979. Following retirement from the grocery business, Frank worked at Price’s Abattoir in Plymouth and Jerry was a realtor for Century 21.
Frank was a member of the Mentone Masonic Lodge for more than 60 years. Jerry was a member of the Mentone Anthony Nigo chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 64 years.
Since 1968, Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc. has brought caring people and charitable endeavors together for the good of the community. The Community Foundation is a public charity, and gifts made to the Foundation are tax-deductible.
For more information about the Community Foundation, visit www.kcfoundation.org, call 574-267-1901, or visit the office at 102 E. Market St., Warsaw.[[In-content Ad]]
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Michelle Bormet, niece of the Smiths, along with her husband, Jeff, serve as trustees of the estate of Frank and Jerry Smith. The Bormets honored the wishes of the Smiths by establishing two funds in the Smiths’ names. Both funds are named for Frank D. and Geraldine “Jerry” L. Smith. One benefits the Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum and was established with $150,000, and the other benefits the Bell Memorial Public Library and was established with $100,000. Both organizations, in Mentone, will receive an annual distribution from the funds.
The Smiths owned and operated Frank & Jerry’s grocery store in Mentone from 1947 to 1979. Following retirement from the grocery business, Frank worked at Price’s Abattoir in Plymouth and Jerry was a realtor for Century 21.
Frank was a member of the Mentone Masonic Lodge for more than 60 years. Jerry was a member of the Mentone Anthony Nigo chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for 64 years.
Since 1968, Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc. has brought caring people and charitable endeavors together for the good of the community. The Community Foundation is a public charity, and gifts made to the Foundation are tax-deductible.
For more information about the Community Foundation, visit www.kcfoundation.org, call 574-267-1901, or visit the office at 102 E. Market St., Warsaw.[[In-content Ad]]
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