DeMaries SMITH

Steely Chapel Cemetery
Texas County, Missouri

Bill
Jan 5, 1909
Jul 3, 1967

DeMaries
Dec 26, 1909 Newton, Harvey, KS
Jun 2, 2006 Texas Co., MO
Married: 1. Bill Boatright, 2. Ray C. Smith

DeMaries Ketchum Boatright Smith, 96, daughter of Herbert and Ella Malcolm Ketchum, was born Dec. 26, 1909, at Newton, Kan. She died June 2, 2006, at Texas County Memorial Hospital.
After completing school, she was a telegraph operator at the Santa Fe Railroad headquarters in Topeka, Kan.
She met and married a fellow telegrapher, William "Bill" E. Boatright July 11, 1933.
Mr. Boatright entered the service as a lieutenant, later making captain. Mrs. Boatright resigned her job with the Santa Fe Railroad to follow her husband to his posts in the United States. At the end of the war, he was sent to France for two years, and she followed him there.
At his military retirement in 1957 as a lieutenant colonel, they purchased the family farm at Elk Creek as their retirement home.
Mr. Boatright died July 3, 1967, and she remained on the farm.
She married Ray C. Smith, whom she had known in Topeka, Kan., for many years, June 23, 1977, in Reno, Nev. He died in 1996.
Mrs. Smith played both the piano and organ and studied music composition at Purdue University after returning from France.
Surviving is a sister, Ruth Herman of Medford, Ore.
Services were June 10 at Steeley Chapel at Elk Creek. Burial was in the Steeley Chapel Cemetery.

Contributed on 10/6/14 by mjrwag
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Additional SMITH Surnames in STEELY CHAPEL Cemetery

BOATRIGHT, William E. "Bill"SMITH, DeMaries KETCHUM SMITH, DeMaries SMITH, Ray C. VETERAN 2 WARS SMITH, Ray C.SMITH, Infant Girl SMITH, Bedford Brown SMITH, Mary Easter SMITH, Cecil Ray SMITH, Andrew Allen SMITH, Mary Emma SMITH, James Arley VETERAN WWI SMITH, James Arley SMITH, Gladys Faye KETCHUM BOATRIGHT, DeMaries

Additional SMITH Surnames in TEXAS County

SMITH, Agnes SMITH, Annettie SMITH, Anna Agnes SMITH, Arthur E.SMITH, Berry Jackson SMITH, Cecil E. "Pete"SMITH, Cecil Mae SMITH, Chester Everett SMITH, Charles Walter SMITH, Charles Eugene "Chuck"SMITH, Clara Isabelle SMITH, Clarence Edward SMITH, Clara Isabelle "Belle"SMITH, Clois Henry SMITH, D. Blanche SMITH, David Dale VETERAN WWII SMITH, David Dale SMITH, Danna Gail SMITH, Ellen SMITH, Ethel Juliette SMITH, Florence L.SMITH, Florence E.SMITH, Freddie O.SMITH, Francis H.SMITH, Frederick Alan SMITH, Geraldine "Jerry"SMITH, Granville P. VETERAN WWI & II SMITH, Granville P.SMITH, Grace M.SMITH, Harriett Matilda SMITH, Harriett SMITH, Harold H.SMITH, Harry F.SMITH, Herman Eugene SMITH, Infant Daughter SMITH, Infant Daughter SMITH, James Alton SMITH, James Thomas SMITH, Jerry Dean SMITH, John Hershel SMITH, John Sherman SMITH, Johnnie J.SMITH, John Leland SMITH, Joyce L.SMITH, Kenneth Eugene SMITH, Kensley JoAnn SMITH, Lance B. Veteran WWI SMITH, Levi Emory SMITH, Margaret A.SMITH, Maude Alice SMITH, Marion Louise SMITH, Miles Owen SMITH, Mildred SMITH, Nan SMITH, Nolan E.SMITH, Ollie May SMITH, Ray SMITH, Reatha Irene SMITH, Robert Clois SMITH, Rufus SMITH, Sarah Jane SMITH, Sylvia M.SMITH, Terri Lynn SMITH, Vivian SMITH, Wanda Joyce SMITH, Wayne Allen SMITH, Wayne Allen Veteran WWII SMITH, Wilma Dean SMITH, William Franklin SMITH, William Leroy VETERAN SMITH, William Leroy

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Submitted: 10/6/14 • Approved: 5/3/15 • Last Updated: 4/18/18 • R757430-G757429-S3

DeMaries SMITH

Steely Chapel Cemetery Texas County, Missouri

Additional SMITH Surnames in STEELY CHAPEL Cemetery

Additional SMITH Surnames in TEXAS County

Steely Chapel Cemetery
Texas County, Missouri