May Smithart

May Smithart
April 06, 1917 - December 21, 2007
Sigourney, Iowa
Visitation: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. December 23, 2007 at Reynolds-Powell Funeral Chapel
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. December 24, 2007 at United Presbyterian Church
Interment: December 24, 2007 at Conner Cemetery
SIGOURNEY-May Ethel Smithart, age 90, of Sigourney, died Friday, December 21, 2007, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney, following a long illness. May was born April 6, 1917, in West Lancaster Township, Keokuk County, Iowa, to Carl and Adelheid (Duensing) Cassens and received her education at Stoney Point country school. On September 8, 1940 she married Leo Smithart in Albia, Iowa. A lifelong resident of the Sigourney community, May worked for several years as a CNA at the Keokuk County Home and Manor House Care Center. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Sigourney, V.F.W. Auxiliary and the Stoney Point Hustlers Club and enjoyed playing cards. Survivors include two children: Wayne Smithart and wife Sandra of Sigourney and Eugene Smithart and wife Lana of Onalaska, Wisconsin; four grandchildren: Brian, Jerry and Benjamin Smithart and Jenna (Smithart) Schneider and five great grandchildren: Rachel, Katie, Sarah, Paige and Zachary Smithart. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Leo in 1967 and sister: Katharine Northup of Sigourney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 24, 2007, at the United Presbyterian Church in Sigourney with Rev. Jim Stout officiating. Burial will be at Conner Cemetery in rural Sigourney. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 23, 2007, at the Reynolds-Powell Funeral Chapel in Sigourney. A memorial fund has been established for the Sigourney Volunteer Fire Department. Reynolds-Powell Funeral Chapel and Cremation Service in Sigourney is handling the arrangements.