Hilda Smith

DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS

Family contact name and telephone number: Judy Welch 785-478-9039 (Daughter)

1. Full Name: Hilda M. Smith Age: 87 Years Sex: F

2. Current address: Topeka

3. Date of death: Monday , March 24, 2003

4 Place of death: Midland Hospice House Topeka, KS

5. Cause of death: She passed away following a brief illness.

6. Date of birth: February 20, 1916 Place of birth: Hanover, KS

6.b. Parents: Philip J. Dolifka Katherine E. Dusch Dolifka

6.c. Years in current city/town: She was a lifelong Topeka resident.

7. Background: Mrs. Smith had worked many years at the State of Kansas Insurance Department.

She was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Horticulture Study
Group, Tecumseh Golden Agers, Philip Billard Post #1650 V.F.W. Auxiliary, Sunflower Sod Stompers and the
Traveling Trekkers Volksports Clubs. Mrs. Smith had volkswalked in all 50 states.

8. Relatives: Married to: Joseph H. Smith , February 7, 1942 at Liberty, MO .

8.b. preceded in death by: By her husband Joseph H. Smith.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Judy J. Welch, Topeka, KS
Son: Richard L. "Dick" Smith, Topeka, KS
Sister: Lorene E. Gardner, Casper, WY
Sister: Mildred M. Bourne, Loveland, CO
Sister: Alice K. Moser, Hollenberg, KS
Brother: Arthur P. Dolifka, Reno, NV
Brother: Earl L. Dolifka, Killeen, TX
Grandchildren: 4
Great Grandchildren: 2

9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00am, Thursday, March 27, 2003 at Otterbein
United Methodist Church.

10. Burial: West Lawn Memorial Gardens Topeka, KS

11. Visitation times, place: Mrs. Smith will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after 12:00 noon
Wednesday where the family will receive friends from 7-8:30pm Wednesday at the funeral home.


13. Memorial contributions, if any: Midland Hospice House , 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606

14. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas
66604
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