Wendell Oliver SMITH

1918 - 2010  (91 years)

• Name	Wendell Oliver SMITH
  Birth	11 May 1918	Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, USA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	2010	Detroit Village Cemetery, Detroit, Somerset County, Maine
  Death	1 Mar 2010	Saint Petersburg, Florida
  Person ID	I14534	Glassville

  
  

  Father	Montford Lorne SMITH           b. 26 May 1898, Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, USA           d. 22 Jul 1968, Lerwick, NB (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Velma RUNDSTROM           b. 12 Jul 1895, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, USA           d. 28 Oct 1970, St Petersburg, Florida (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 11 May 1918 - Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Obituary: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Wendell O. Smith, 91, formerly of Detroit, Me., and a resident of Concordia Manor Home, died Monday, March 1, 2010, after a short illness. Wendell was born May 11, 1918, in Mars Hill, the son of Montford and Velma (Rundstrom) Smith. Wendell attended school in Mars Hill and proudly served his country in the U.S. Army as an MP during World War II. He worked as a dairy farmer in Detroit for 50 years before retiring. He is survived by his daughter, Wendy Foley Smith of South Portland; his sons, Dana Smith and his wife, Rachel, of Weaverville, N.C., and James Smith and his partner, Steve Martin, of Boise, Idaho; five grandchildren, Ami Porter, Patrick Graves, Drew Athearn, Shawn Athearn and Adam Smith; two great-grandchildren, Nathaniel Porter and Samuel Porter; and two sisters, Ruby Ryder and Edna Millie. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Pearl Foley Smith. Interment will be in the spring at Village Cemetery, Route 220, Detroit. (Bangor Daily News 3/4/2010)