ROCHESTER – GeNelle Ruth Smoker, 75, Rochester, died at 7:14 a.m. Sept. 29, 2016, at her residence. She was born Dec. 25, 1940, in Kewanna, to Arnold L. and Ione Reed Zellers. She and Ernest A. Smoker were married in Kewanna on Dec. 17, 1959. Her husband survives. A celebration of her life will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church, 201 W. Seventh St., Rochester, with pastors Kerry O’Brien and Joyce Oliver officiating. Interment will be in the Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Good Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th St., Rochester, and an hour prior to the service in the church. ***** Memorials to the Eric E. Smoker Memorial Fund through the Northern Indiana Community Foundation, 715 Main St., Rochester, IN 46975; or Grace United Methodist Church, 201 West Seventh St., Rochester, IN 46975. Electronic expressions of sympathy may be made to her family at www.goodfamilyfh.com.
