IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Edna Pauline

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April 28, 1922 – October 24, 2012

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EDNA PAULINE SMITH Indianola Services for Edna Pauline Smith, 90, who died Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at The Village in Indianola, will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, October 27 at Motor Friends Church, rural Milo, IA, with burial following in the Motor Cemetery. Edna was born April 28, 1922 at Oskaloosa, IA to J. Paul Hadley and Fleda Johnson Hadley the eldest of six children. She graduated from Arnolds Park High School in 1940 and from William Penn College in 1947. On May 30, 1949 she married Lyle E. Smith and they had four children. Besides being a good wife and mother she taught school, in Kansas and Iowa, and was assistant librarian at the Des Moines Public Library for over 15 years. She was active in her church, on Quakerdale Board, and in the United Society of Friends Women International where she served as President for six years (1980 -1986). She continued to be active in the local USFW where she pieced quilts and the Ladies Aid where she helped serve Humeston Sale dinners. Since 1991 her home has been The Village where she enjoyed sewing and the many visits from her family. She is survived by her husband, Lyle, and children, Wayne Smith, Charlotte (Lloyd) Stangeland, James (Anita) Smith and Ron (Deanna) Smith; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and one due in January; sisters, Hazel (Edwin) Hadley, Clara Lee (Daryl) Locker and Mary Glenn Hadley. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, J. Merlin Hadley and Glen Arlo Hadley. Visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m., Friday, October 26 at Overton Funeral Home, where family will be present from 3 to 4 p.m. and also 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Motor Friends Church or The Village Good Shepherd Fund.
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