Walter Z Smith

1895 - 1982  (86 years)

• Name	Walter Z Smith
  Born	27 Apr 1895	Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Apr 1982	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6378	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	William Asa Smith
  Mother	Ella Jane Walters Smith
  Family ID	F7078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha E Bearce Smith
  Married	8 Jan 1918	Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
  Children	+ 1. William L Smith, Sr.,   b. 9 Feb 1921, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 8 Jun 1997, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 76 years) + 2. Vernon Z Smith,   b. 2 May 1919, Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas ,   d. 25 Feb 1984, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma  (Age 64 years)   3. Charles L (Jack) Smith   4. Virgil Smith,   d. May 1972   5. Walter J Smith,   d. Jan 1935   6. Martha E Smith,   d. Jun 1952   7. Laura M Smith,   d. Sep 1974   8. Geneva Smith Durkin   9. Virginia Smith Hamm + 10. Juanita Louise Smith McCall
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019 22:36:21
  Family ID	F7076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Apr 1895 - Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas Married - 8 Jan 1918 - Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri Buried - - Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Smith, Walter WALTER A. SMITH Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tibbitts-Griffin Highland Mortuary for Walter Z. Smith, 86, Topeka, who died Saturday, April 3, 1982, at a Topeka hospital. He was born April 27, 1895, near Garnett, the son of William Asa and Ella Jane Walters Smith, and spent his early life in the Garnett and Greeley communities. He lived at Osawatomie before he moved to Topeka in 1920. Mr. Smith was employed by Topeka Public Schools in the building and grounds department 12 years and later was a building contractor before he retired in 1969. He was a member of Scott Valley Church of the Brethren near Garnett. He was married to Martha E. Bearce January 8, 1918, at Nevada, Mo. She survives. He was preceded in death by two sons, Virgil Smith in May 1972, and Walter J. Smith in January 1935; and by two daughters, Martha E. Smith in June 1952, and Laura M. Smith in September 1974. Survivors include three sons, Vernon V. Smith, address unavailable. William L. Smith, Rossville, and Charles ‘‘Jack'' Smith, Fallbrook, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Juanita McCall, Topeka, Mrs. Virginia Ham, Wichita, and Mrs. Geneva Durkin, Maple Hill; 24 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery.