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- [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Milton B. Smith
SSN: 480-16-3111
Last Residence: 51026 Hornick, Woodbury, Iowa
Born: 11 Feb 1918
Died: 23 Feb 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
- [S927] Obituary.
Sioux City Journal
25 February 2005
HORNICK, Iowa -- Milton B. "Milt" Smith, 87, of Hornick died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hornick United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Carolyn L. Bittner officiating. Burial will be in Westfork Township Cemetery, Climbing Hill, Iowa. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Rush Family Care Service in Onawa, Iowa.
Milton was born Feb. 11, 1918, in Climbing Hill, Iowa, the son of Jess and Lucinda (Smith) Smith. He was raised in the Climbing Hill area and graduated from Climbing Hill High School in 1936.
He married Irene Sulsberger in 1941. The couple made their home in Hornick and raised their six children. He was a heavy equipment operator and later managed the Farmer's Co-op Lumberyard in Hornick until his retirement.
He was a member of Hornick United Methodist Church, served many years on the Hornick Volunteer Fire Department and served on the Hornick town council. He enjoyed playing cards and woodworking in his work shop. The couple enjoyed camping and spent many winters in Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Irene of Hornick; three sons and their wives, Garold and Deanna of Salix, Iowa, Bill and Pat of Hornick and Dennis and Patty of Onawa, Iowa; three daughters, Carol Ann Olson of Omaha, Connie and her husband, Rene Goodwin of Moville, Iowa, and Diana Brink of Omaha; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Esther Smith of Greeley, Colo.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters; and three brothers.
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