Adolph Smith, 85, 118 South Main, Harrisburg, died at 9:40 p.m. Saturday following an extended illness.
Mr. Smith was the founder of the Smith Packing Company.
He was the son of the late Lawrence W. Smith and Amelia Moyer
Smith, and was born in Pope County on Sept. 3, 1883.
He was married to the former Jo Stone McCormick.
(of McCormick?)
He was one of the charter members of the present Saline County Fair Association, and was also a member of the First Methodist Church in Harrisburg.
He is survived by his wife, Jo, and a daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Lawrence Smith, Harrisburg. He is also survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Ottie Webb, Harrisburg, and Mrs. Etta Minor, Harrisburg,
and one brother, Carl Smith, Trucksville, PA.
He was preceded in death by his son, Lawrence, in 1966. One sister
and four brothers also preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Gaskins
Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. George Schmink will officiate, and
the Rev. George Smith will assist.
Burial will be at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Friends are calling at the funeral home.
Date of death July 5, 1969
Submitted by Donna L. Smith