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Vernon Z Smith

Male 1919 - 1984  (64 years)


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  • Name Vernon Z Smith 
    Born 2 May 1919  Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Feb 1984  Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1 Mar 1984  Palestine Cemetery, Quinton, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6377  Rossville
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2019 

    Father Walter Z Smith,   b. 27 Apr 1895, Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1982, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Martha E Bearce Smith,   b. 1898,   d. 1983  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1918  Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7076  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Smith 
    Children 
     1. William Z Smith
     2. Louis L Smith
     3. Ruby Smith McGonigle
     4. Nova Smith McAllister
     5. Wilma Smith Draper
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2018 14:48:50 
    Family ID F7077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Smith, Vernon
    Obituary- Smith, Vernon
    Vernon Z. Smith
    EUFAULA, Okla. – Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mills Funeral Home, McAlester, Okla., for Vernon Z. Smith, 64, Eufaula, formerly of Topeka, who died Saturday, Feb. 25, at a Muskogee Okla., hospital. He had pneumonia.

    Mr. Smith was a heavy equipment operator, foreman and supervisor of construction projects including the Kansas Turnpike, Tuttle Creek Dam, the DuPont plant at Topeka, the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City, Mo. and the Eufaula Dam and Lake project at Eufaula.

    He was born May 2, 1919, at Osawatomie, the son of Walter Z. and Martha E. Bearce Smith. He moved to Topeka in 1920.

    He had been a member of Hoisting Engineers Union Local 101 and Oakland United Methodist Church, both in Topeka. Mr. Smith was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Scottish Rite bodies.

    Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Anne Smith, at home; two sons, William Z. Smith, McAlester, Okla., and Louis L. Smith, Paxico; three daughters, Ruby McGonigle, Philadelphia, Pa., Nova McAllister, Topeka, and Wilma Draper, Millsboro, Del.; two brothers, William L. Smith, Rossville, and Charles L. “Jack” Smith, Fallbrook, Calif.; three sisters, Juanita McCall, Topeka, Virginia Ham, Wichita, and Geneva Durkin, Maple Hill; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

    Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery, Quinton, Okla. Memorial contributions may be made to the Polycythemia Research Program University of Kansas Medical Center, Rainbow Blvd. at 39th, Kansas City, Kan.