Individual Details

Genevieve Clara Smith

(17 Jan 1903 - 15 Dec 1975)

From book, Clason. Abigail Ferris & James Clason Their Ancestry & Descendents by Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April, 1987, Page 100: Waterloo Daily Courier, Tues., Dec. 16, 1975: Services for Mrs. Genevieve Smith Lenius, 72, of 146 Sherman Ave., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Parrott & Wood Chapel where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Lenius died Monday night at the Allen Hospital of cancer. She was born in Waterloo, Iowa Jan. 17, 1903 daughter of William and Clara Brisco Smith. She married Clarence N. Morehouse Jan. 18, 1921. They were later divorced. Survivors include a son Roy S. Morehouse of Yermo, Cal.; 2 daughter Mrs. Jane Linhart of Hayward Cal., and Mrs. Fay Medhaug of 1236 Pleasant Valley Dr.; 3 brothers, William Smith of 1414 W. 5th St.; Harry Smith of Hampton, Iowa; Howard Smith of 1101 Short St.; 3 sisters, Miss May Smith of Long Beach, Cal., Mrs. Ema Harrington of Oelwein and Ila Jeanne Shepherd of Antioch, Cal. and her mother Mrs. Clara Smith of Long Beach, Cal.

Events

Birth17 Jan 1903Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa
Marriage18 Jan 1921Divorced, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa - Clarence Nathaniel Morehouse
Divorce25 Apr 1935Iowa - Clarence Nathaniel Morehouse
Death15 Dec 1975Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa
BurialElmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseClarence Nathaniel Morehouse (1891 - 1969)
ChildWilliam Clarence Morehouse (1921 - 1971)
ChildRoy Smith Morehouse (1923 - 2000)
ChildMintie "Jane" Morehouse (1925 - 2014)
ChildFay Genevieve Morehouse (1930 - 2001)
SpouseHenry E. Lenius (1895 - 1959)
FatherWilliam Ara Smith (1875 - 1943)
MotherClara Daisy Brisco (1884 - 1982)
SiblingHenry Smith (1901 - 1901)
SiblingWilliam Carley Smith (1904 - 1994)
SiblingMay Blossom Smith (1905 - 1992)
SiblingEma Ida Smith (1908 - 1999)
SiblingHarry Raymond Smith (1911 - 1984)
SiblingHoward Ara Smith (1914 - 1997)
SiblingIla Jeanne Smith (1925 - )

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