Junior Clifford Smith

1922 - 1994  (72 years)

• Name	Junior Clifford Smith
  Nickname	Smitty
  Birth	08 May 1922	Colby, Thomas County, Kansas
  Christening	Abt 1932	Methodist Church, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aug 1994	Fairview Cemetery, Oral, Fall River County, South Dakota
  Death	02 Aug 1994	Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota
  Person ID	I127	Thompson
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2004

  
  

  Father	Clifford W Smith
  Mother	Spraye Porter
  Family ID	F969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosalie Marie Thompson,   b. 06 Jun 1926, Brewster, Sherman County, Kansas d. 07 Oct 2013 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	08 Sep 1945	Goodland, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Frederick Porter Smith,   b. 03 Jan 1947, Hayes, Ellis County, Kansas d. 28 Sep 2014 (Age 67 years)   2. Lynda Sue Smith
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Clifford Smith Clifford Smith, Taken from the 1939-40 Yearbook.
  		Smitty and Rosalie (Thompson) Smith Junior Clifford and Rosalie Maria (Thompson) Smith, taken 1984.
  		Smitty and Rosalie (Thompson) Smith Family Back rows are: Lydna Sue (Susie) Thompson, Robert (Bob) A, Stannard, Patrick (Pat) John Smith, Fredrick (Fred) Porter Smith, Susan (Sue) Mary Rodman Smith Front rows are: Rosalie Maria Thompson Smith, Stacy Lee Smith, Junior Clifford Smith (Smitty), Shauna Lynn Smith, Taken in 1984. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• 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.