Velma Lucetta Smith Stewart Obituary
Velma Lucetta Smith Stewart
GRANDVIEW, Mo. Velma Lucetta Smith Stewart, 91
died Feb. 13, 1999, at her daughters home.
She was born Nov. 27, 1907, at Wiley, Colo., the
daughter of Albert F. and Margaret Ellen Fickes Smith. She was a Hutchinson
High School graduate. A Hutchinson resident from 1912 to 1987, moving to
Grandview, she was an employee of Bell Telephone, Hutchinson, and was a Reno
County Courthouse switchboard operator, retiring in 1972.
She belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Later Day Saints, serving as a teacher, and was involved in the geology
program as a name extractor. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star
and the Womens Auxiliary No. 20 International Typographical Union, both at
Hutchinson.
On Nov. 29, 1926, she married Ernest Christian
Buff Stewart at Kingman. He died Oct 16, 1975.
Survivors include: a son, Wendall Philip Pete,
Sandy, Utah; a daughter, Ruth Ann Stewart Lemon, of the home; 12
grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, two
sisters and a grandson.
Funeral will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meeting house, Kansas City, Mo. Friends
may call from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at D. W. Newcomers Longview Chapel,
Kansas City, Mo. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to the Carondolet Hospice,
201 W. RD Mize Rd., Blue Springs, MO 64014.
The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Monday, February 15, 1999
page A9 *** column 3
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