Vernon Z Smith

1919 - 1984  (64 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Walter Z Smith,   b. 27 Apr 1895, Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Apr 1982, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Martha E Bearce Smith
  Married	8 Jan 1918	Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
  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 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.