Individual Details
Grant Foster SMITH
(16 DEC 1900 - 18 NOV 1999)
Events
| Birth | 16 DEC 1900 | Yeagertown, Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 OCT 1918 | Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD - Helen Lovina WRAY | |||
| Death | 18 NOV 1999 | Malta Home for the Aging, Granville, Granville Twp., Mifflin Co., PA |  | ||
| Burial | ABT 20 NOV 1999 | Juniata Memorial Cem., Lewistown, Mifflin Co., PA |
Families
| Spouse | Helen Lovina WRAY (1902 - 1950) |
| Child | Phyllis E. SMITH (1920 - 2019) |
| Child | Shirley L. SMITH (1922 - 2019) |
| Child | Nancy A. SMITH (1930 - ) |
| Father | Ulysses Grant SMITH (1868 - 1941) |
| Mother | Annie Margaret SHONTZ (1864 - 1933) |
| Sibling | George Orlady "Orrie" SMITH (1889 - 1957) |
| Sibling | John Herbert SMITH (1891 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Francis Benjamin SMITH (1893 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Helen Margaret Gertrude SMITH (1898 - 1974) |
Notes
Death
G. Foster Smith
GRANVILLE - G. Foster Smith, 98, a resident of the Malta Home for the Aging, Granville, formerly of 653 Snook Road, Alfarata, died at 6:02 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, 1999, at the Malta Home.
Born Dec. 16, 1900, in Yeagertown, he was a son of the late U. Grant and Annie M. (Shontz) Smith. His wife, Helen (Wray) Smith, died March 5, 1950.
Surviving are: daughters, Mrs. Richard (Phyllis) Thompson, Lewistown, Shirley L. Lepley, Beaver Springs, and Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Bogar, Snook Road, Alfarata; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers and sister, G. Orrie Smith, J. Herbert Smith and B. Francis Smith and Helen Jones.
In early life, he was employed by Standard Steel, Burnham, Mann Edge Tool, Lewistown, and the American Viscose Corporation, Lewistown.
In 1930, he built, owned and operated the Log Cabin Inn until retiring in 1963. After retirement he owned an ice-cream truck which he operated at various state fairs.
He was a charter member of the Shade Mountain Hunting Camp and a 50 year member of the United Commercial Travelers.
He was also an avid hunter and a licensed pilot.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, at Hoenstine Funeral Home Inc., 75 Logan St., Lewistown, with the Rev. Kevin Brophy officiating. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family at Juniata Memorial Park.
Friends may call from 12:30 p.m. until the time of the services Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions can be made to: the Malta Home Auxiliary, PO Box E, Granville, PA 17029.
Endnotes
1. Thomas Shontz, SHONTZ FAMILY Roots and Branches (Apollo, PA., Closson Press, 1997), Page 159..