Elma Rose Smith, 95, formerly of Roann, Indiana, died at 9:18 am, Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Peabody Healthcare Center in North Manchester. She was born June 27, 1922 in Center, Indiana to Raymond and Bertha (Peters) Fowler.
Elma was a 1939 graduate of Kokomo High School. She married Thurman Charles “T.C.” Smith in Kokomo, Indiana on May 23, 1940; he died May 9, 1981. She was a homemaker and a farmer’s wife. Elma attended the Roann First Brethren Church, and belonged to the Stitch and Chatter Home Ec Club. She lived at Peabody the past 8 years.
She is survived by three children, Charles (Idell) Smith, Jr. of Wabash, Nancy (Steve) Fearnow, and Ann (Stephen) Meyer, both of Roann, five grandchildren, Connie (Chuck) Morgan of Wabash, Todd Slee of Roann, Kimberly (Scott) Palmer of Wabash, Lynda (Todd) Wall of Huntington, and Angie (A.J.) Cartwright of Andrews, Indiana, eleven great grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two children, Connie Lee Smith and David Smith, two granddaughters, Sharon Koch and Kathy Smith, four brothers, and two sisters.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am Friday, December 8, 2017 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Roann Chapel, 335 S. Chippewa Rd., Roann, with Pastor Wayne Balmer officiating. Burial will be in Roann Community Cemetery, Roann. Friends may call 4-8 pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Roann Volunteer Fire Department.
The memorial guest book for Elma may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.