Eva Marguerite Smith, 95, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 4:45 pm, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at Miller’s Merry Manor East in Wabash. She was born January 28, 1923 in Knox City, Missouri to Raymond and Ruth Gladys (Etheridge) Dorsey.
Marguerite was a 1941 graduate of LaBelle High School in LaBelle, Missouri. She married Donald William Smith in Ewing, Missouri on April 11, 1942; he died July 5, 2002. She worked 17 years for Heckman Bindery in North Manchester, Indiana and was a 70 year member of Wabash Church of the Brethren. Marguerite enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking, canning, and doing for others.
Marguerite is survived by five children, Linda Kay (Jim) Domine of Lansing, Michigan, Sharon Ruth (Roger) Channell of Jackson, Ohio, Anita Rae (Tom) Davidson of Ankeny, Iowa, Paul Dean (Janet) Smith of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Mark Donald (Debbie) Smith of Houston, Texas; daughter-in-law, Betty Smith of North Manchester, Indiana; 14 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, 4 great great grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Geraldine Dorsey of Overland Park, Kansas. She was also preceded in death by her parents, son, Wendell Lee Smith, two brothers, Raymond and Etheridge Dorsey, and an infant brother.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Kay Gaier officiating. Burial will be in Ever Rest Memorial Park, Logansport. Friends may call 4-7pm Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Wabash Church of the Brethren.
The memorial guest book for Marguerite may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.