PAUL J. SMITH

OTTUMWA. PAUL J. SMITH, age 80 of Ottumwa and former Davis County resident died August 10, 2005 at his home. He was born July 3, 1925 in Ovid, Colorado to George L. and Ethel M. Pilcher Smith. He married Edith Hawkins November 29, 1947 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He lived in Davis and Wapello counties most of his life and worked at John Deere in Ottumwa, retiring in 1983. He was a member of Empire Lodge #269 AF & AM in Ottumwa, Wapello White Shrine, Eastern Star Chapter #112 in Ottumwa, the Consistory Club of Ottumwa and the Davenport Scottish Rite.

He is survived by his wife and a half sister Helen McLain of Fairfield.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a sister Evelyn Bulgamore and step mother Hazel Smith.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM Friday August 12, 2005 at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield with Rev. Marvin Martin officiating. The family will be present for visitation at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield from 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Friday. Memorials in lieu of flowers have been established to the Dunnville Baptist Church and the Davis County Fine Arts Council.