H. Max Smith, 80, of DeGraff, died at 1:30 PM Friday, June 4, 2010, at his home.
He was born in DeGraff on May 5, 1930, a son of Hamer W. and
Lydia Glair Long Smith.
He married Yvonne F. Elsass on September 6, 1958 in Jackson Township, Shelby County and she survives, along with a brother, Warren W. (Jerry) Smith of Bellefontaine; sisters, Wanda Schmidt of DeGraff, Wilma VanHorn of Russells Point, Edith (Harold K.) Turner of DeGraff, Ruth (Richard) Beard of Huntsville; plus several nieces and nephews.
A farmer, he was a member of Rum Creek United Methodist Church, 1948 graduate of Lewistown High School, US Army veteran of the Korean war, and member of the every morning coffee group in Jackson Center, and was an avid sports fan.
Pastor James Ryhal conducts a service at 11 a.m. Monday at the Rexer-Riggin-Madden Funeral Home in DeGraff, where calling hours will be on Sunday, June 6, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Burial is in the Greenwood-Union Cemetery, DeGraff.
The family suggest memorial contributions be made to charity of the donors choice.
