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Obituary- Smith, George N. 1

George Nelven Smith
George Nelven Smith, 80, of Tecumseh, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 26,2011, at his home. He was born on June 3, 1931, in Topeka, to Nelson Nelven and Blanche Ada (Powell) Smith.

George Nelven graduated from Highland Park High in 1949. He was a U.S. Army veteran serv¬ing during the Korean Conflict. George Nelven was a brick mason and member of Local Union 15. He was also a member of Wagonears Club and Wheat State Camping Club.

On Sept. 4, 1955, he
married Carolyn Peterson in Leonardville. She passed away June 29, 1989. On Jan. 11, 1992, he married Ida Hall in Tecumseh. She survives.

Other survivors include his children, Deborah Sue Smith and Pam A. Bird, both of Topeka, Anita Marie Feldhausen of Rossville, Linda G. Harris and husband Toby of Manhattan, and Nelven Lane Smith and wife Sharon of Topeka; stepdaughters, Deborah D. Barker and husband C.A. of Maple Hill and Lynnette L. Weinbrecht and husband Michael of Topeka; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sixstepgrandchildren; and one stepgreat-grandchild.

He was also preceded in death by his brother, Albert Nelson Smith.

A funeral ceremony was held Oct. 29 at the Penwell-Gabel Southeast Chapel. Burial followed in the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Care Hospice Service, 200 S.W. Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606.

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