Notes:

Clifford was in the Marines from 1942-1946.

Obit:
Junior 'Smitty' C. Smith
Junior 'Smitty' C. Smith, age 72, died Tuesday, August 2, 1994 at Castle Manor in Hot Springs.
Memorial Services were held Friday, August 5 at St. John's Lutheran Church with Partor Don Torala officiating. Inturment will take place at a later date in the Fairview Cemetery, at Oral.
He was born May 8, 1922 to Clifford W. and Spraye (Porter) Smith in Colby, Kansas. He grew up in Brewster, Kansas and graduated from there in 1940. From September of 1940 to the Spring of 1941, he was in the CCC at Camp Custer in Custer, SD. From 1941 to 1942, he worked in his uncle's store until enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. He was in the Marine Corps from September 1942 to October 1945. He served in the infantry in the South Pacific from December 1943 to August 1945.
On September 8, 1945 he married Rosalie M. Thompson in Goodland, Kansas. They lived in Brewster, Kansas for 2 years and then moved to a nearby farm. In 1956, the family moved to Oral where they farmed on the Angostura Irrigation Project. He farmed and ranched on those units until his first stroke in March of 1987.
He moved to Hot Springs in May of 1988 and then to Castle Manor in April of 1991.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Elks Lodge of Hot Springs, VFW Post# 1640, Historical Auto Club of the Black Hills, Rapid City, and the St. Thomas Masonic Lodge in Colby, Kansas.
Grateful for having had the privilege of sharing his life are his wife - Rosalie Smith, Hot Springs, SD, son - Frederick P. & Sue Smith, Oral, SD, daughter- Lynda Sue & Robert Stannard, Littleton, Colo., grandson- Patrick & Christina Smith, Chadron, Neb., granddaughters-Shauna & Mick Hoglund, Dell Rapids, SD and Stacy Lee Smith, Oral, SD, brother - Freddie Smith, Ft. Collins, Colo., sister-Bette Lee Olinger, Northglenn, Colo., two half-brothers and 4 half-sisters, all from Colorado.
He was preceded in death by his parents; step-mother; sister Barbara Lee Moreland and half-brother, Bob.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established to St. John's Lutheran Church.

Junior married Rosalie Marie Thompson on 08 Sep 1945 in Goodland, Kansas. Rosalie (daughter of Fredrick McKinley Thompson and Lydia Catherine Doris Ann Isernhagan) was born on 06 Jun 1926 in Brewster, Sherman County, Kansas; died on 07 Oct 2013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fred served in the Marines in Viet Nam, 1969-1971.

Frederick married Susan Mary Rodman on 02 Aug 1969 in Smithwich, Fall River County, South Dakota. Susan (daughter of Keith Rodman and Helen Schwebach) was born on 02 April 1949 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota; died on 01 July 1999 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota; was buried on 06 July 1999 in Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lynda married Robert A Stannard, Jr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Shauna married Mitchell Bruce Hoglund [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Kelley Langer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]