Floyd
Floyd Smith
d. September 27, 2012
Floyd Smith 86, Of Goldfield, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Humboldt Care Center North in Humboldt. Funeral services will be Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Presbyterian Church in Goldfield, with Rev. Sara Hill officiating. Rev. Christina Perkins, pastor at Goldfield and Renwick United Methodist churches, will assist. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 30 from 4-6 p.m. at Mason- Lindhart Funeral Home, Humboldt, Ia. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Goldfield with military rites.
Floyd Smith was born June 21, 1926, at Laurens, Iowa, to Jess Lonzo and Ethel Mae (Wrider) Smith. He attended schools in Ware, Centerville, Lynnville, and Grinnell, graduating from Grinnell in 1946. He married Nola Marjorie Budding on August 10, 1950, in Oskaloosa. Floyd farmed with his brother, Vic, until entering the Korean Conflict with the 10th Infantry, Company M, 185th Infantry (Heavy Mortar), 25th Division. He obtained the rank of Sergeant. Following his honorable discharge he returned to farming in the Lynnville area, until moving to Goldfield in 1954 where he resumed farming with his brother Vic. Floyd and his wife retired in 1992 and moved into Goldfield. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Goldfield.
Floyd is survived by his children, Diane (Mike) Kraft, Goldfield; Donna Smith, Webster City; Sheri (Bill) Nielsen, Hardy; and Scott Smith, Shelby (Taricia English, Falls City, Ne.); six grandchildren, Michael Nielsen, Ames; Katie Smith, Webster
City; Rachael Smith, Eagle Grove; Joanna Kraft and Daniel Kraft, both of Goldfield, and Marjorie Smith, Falls City, Ne; two step-grandchildren, Desiree Paty, Cumberland, and Nathan Paty, Shelby. Also, Andrea English, Sioux Falls, SD, Jamie English, Lincoln, Ne, and Erica, Jessica, and Sarah Rickards, Falls City, Ne; two step-great grandchildren; one sister-in-law Glenna Budding, Lynnville, and one brother-in-law, John Budding, Grinnell.
He was preceded in death by his wife Nola; parents; brother, Victor, and sisters, Thelma Pickich, Irene Terrill, and Beulah Machin.
Floyd Smith was born June 21, 1926, at Laurens, Iowa, to Jess Lonzo and Ethel Mae (Wrider) Smith. He attended schools in Ware, Centerville, Lynnville, and Grinnell, graduating from Grinnell in 1946. He married Nola Marjorie Budding on August 10, 1950, in Oskaloosa. Floyd farmed with his brother, Vic, until entering the Korean Conflict with the 10th Infantry, Company M, 185th Infantry (Heavy Mortar), 25th Division. He obtained the rank of Sergeant. Following his honorable discharge he returned to farming in the Lynnville area, until moving to Goldfield in 1954 where he resumed farming with his brother Vic. Floyd and his wife retired in 1992 and moved into Goldfield. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Goldfield.
Floyd is survived by his children, Diane (Mike) Kraft, Goldfield; Donna Smith, Webster City; Sheri (Bill) Nielsen, Hardy; and Scott Smith, Shelby (Taricia English, Falls City, Ne.); six grandchildren, Michael Nielsen, Ames; Katie Smith, Webster
City; Rachael Smith, Eagle Grove; Joanna Kraft and Daniel Kraft, both of Goldfield, and Marjorie Smith, Falls City, Ne; two step-grandchildren, Desiree Paty, Cumberland, and Nathan Paty, Shelby. Also, Andrea English, Sioux Falls, SD, Jamie English, Lincoln, Ne, and Erica, Jessica, and Sarah Rickards, Falls City, Ne; two step-great grandchildren; one sister-in-law Glenna Budding, Lynnville, and one brother-in-law, John Budding, Grinnell.
He was preceded in death by his wife Nola; parents; brother, Victor, and sisters, Thelma Pickich, Irene Terrill, and Beulah Machin.
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