MENTONE - Eva Belle Smith, 87, of 507 S. Franklin St., Mentone, died at 2:05 a.m. Nov. 19, 2008, in Mason Health and Rehab, Warsaw.
She was born Sept. 7, 1921, in Fulton County, to Benjamin and Hazel McDonald Brockey. On Dec. 24, 1941, in Plymouth, she married Marion M. Smith, who survives.
A lifetime area resident, she was a homemaker and a 1939 Talma High School graduate. She was a member of Si Ioto Sorority, Merry Molly Home Economics Club and Mentone American Legion Auxiliary.
Also surviving are two daughters, Linda (and spouse Stanley) Phillips, Warsaw, and Patsy Ann (and spouse Mike) Deardorff, Kansas City, Kan.; four grandchildren: Ranai Smith, Vicki Cook, Jeff Deardorff and Becky Wilder; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Opal Archer, and four brothers, Lloyd, Ernie, Art and Leonard Brockey.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at King Memorial Home, 101 N. Tucker St., Mentone, with the Rev. Doris Smith officiating. Burial will be in Mentone Cemetery.
Calling is from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com
