Viola Katherine Smith
July 12, 1924 — February 4, 2016
Viola Katherine Smith, 91, of Urbana, Iowa, died Thursday, February 4, 2016, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 13, 2016, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Urbana by Rev. Ardel Barta. Visitation: 4 -7 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2016, at the church where a vigil service will begin at 6 p.m. Visitation will also be held at the church from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Saturday. Burial: St. Mary’s Spencer’s Grove Cemetery. Arrangements made by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point.
Viola is survived by her children, Steven (Angie) Smith of Center Point, Iowa, Cheryl (Darrel) Lippert of Tucson, Arizona, and Douglas Smith of Center Point, Iowa; grandchildren, Marty Smith of Center Point, Iowa, Marcy (Nate) Johnson of Center Point, Iowa, Marc (Sarah) Smith of Urbana, Iowa, Dustin (Marina) Lippert of Tucson, Arizona, Brandon Lippert of Tucson, Arizona, and Devin Smith of Center Point; great-grandchildren, Channing Smith, Landon Smith, Zackary Johnson, Charleigh Smith, Gabriel Johnson, and Sawyer Smith; and sisters, Dorothy Erland of Branson, Missouri, Genevieve Hall of Cedar Rapids and Alberta (Michael) Fabela of California.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Smith in 1999; brothers, Ronald, Melvin and Lester Fritz; sister, Berneice Duello; parents, Anna (Ockenfels) Fritz, and Albert Fritz.
Viola was born on July 12, 1924, in Norway, Iowa, daughter of Albert and Anna (Ockenfels) Fritz. She married Paul Smith on May 13, 1947 in Watkins, Iowa. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Urbana and the Altar and Rosary Society. She enjoyed volunteering at Hospice of Mercy, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, M.H.I., and the Center Point-Urbana Schools. Viola also enjoyed gardening, traveling, playing cards, spending time with family, watching NASCAR and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Mercy or Children, Inc.
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Viola is survived by her children, Steven (Angie) Smith of Center Point, Iowa, Cheryl (Darrel) Lippert of Tucson, Arizona, and Douglas Smith of Center Point, Iowa; grandchildren, Marty Smith of Center Point, Iowa, Marcy (Nate) Johnson of Center Point, Iowa, Marc (Sarah) Smith of Urbana, Iowa, Dustin (Marina) Lippert of Tucson, Arizona, Brandon Lippert of Tucson, Arizona, and Devin Smith of Center Point; great-grandchildren, Channing Smith, Landon Smith, Zackary Johnson, Charleigh Smith, Gabriel Johnson, and Sawyer Smith; and sisters, Dorothy Erland of Branson, Missouri, Genevieve Hall of Cedar Rapids and Alberta (Michael) Fabela of California.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Smith in 1999; brothers, Ronald, Melvin and Lester Fritz; sister, Berneice Duello; parents, Anna (Ockenfels) Fritz, and Albert Fritz.
Viola was born on July 12, 1924, in Norway, Iowa, daughter of Albert and Anna (Ockenfels) Fritz. She married Paul Smith on May 13, 1947 in Watkins, Iowa. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Urbana and the Altar and Rosary Society. She enjoyed volunteering at Hospice of Mercy, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, M.H.I., and the Center Point-Urbana Schools. Viola also enjoyed gardening, traveling, playing cards, spending time with family, watching NASCAR and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Mercy or Children, Inc.
Please share a memory of Viola at www.murdochfuneralhome.come under obituaries.
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