Independent Enterprise
Thursday, July 24, 1941
FRED E. SMITH BURIED MONDAY
Fred E. Smith, for many years a Payette resident, died at his home here on July 19 following a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Monday at the Church of the Brethren and interment was at the Riverside cemetery. The service was conducted by the Rev. E. J. Glover and arrangements were under the direction of the Peterson-Foster funeral home.
Fred Eugene Smith was born November 30, 1871 at Osceola, Iowa. At the age of 14 he went to Curtise, Nebraska and later moved to Payette in 1902. He has resided here since that time.
Mr. Smith has four sisters and four brothers. His father and mother and one sister preceded him in death. He was married in 1906 to Stella Gramham (sb Graham). He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Evajane Young of Payette and Mrs. Adelia Roberts of Beaverton, Oregon, by one son, Vernon Smith of Payette and by eleven grandchildren.
