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Charlotte
M. Smith Charlotte M. Smith, 82, of
500 1st St. N. died of complications following surgery Friday. Jan. 25, at Skiff
Medical Center in Newton. Memorial services will be Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the
First Presbyterian Church in Newton with the Rev. Cathleen Bascom of St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church officiating. The body was cremated. Burial will be at
Newton Union Cemetery. Reese Funeral Home in Newton is handling arrangements. A reception with the family
will be at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church following the service at Newton Union
Cemetery. Memorials will be accepted to the Newton Public Library Fund or the
Park Centre Good Samaritan Fund. The daughter of Orville and
Charlotte Stochl Messenger, she was born Jan. 27, 1919, in Downey. While still
an infant, her family moved to Newton, where she lived the rest of her life. She
attended Newton schools and on Jan.
27, 1939, she married Thomas R. Smith. She was a gourmet cook and enjoyed
traveling. In 1984, Mrs. Smith founded
Tamazunchale Press, which published miniature books. She was past president of
the Newton Public Library Board, the Newton Concert Association, Monday Book
Club, served on boards of the Newton YMCA, Friends
of the University of Iowa Libraries and the Iowa Center for the Book, founding
member of Thursday Club and member of AO, PEO for 39 years. She had assembled a
collection of rare and miniature books which she donated to the University of
Iowa's Libraries in 1996. Survivors include a son,
Thomas R. Jr. of Reno, Nev., a daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte Ann and James
Adams of Bastrop, Texas: two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; a sister,
Helen Van Dyke of Newton and a brother, Cy Messenger. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, January 28, 2002. |
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