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- Mrs. Irene Smithers
Mrs. Mildred Irene Smither, 61, 1718 Hickory Drive, died Sunday evening at 5 o'clock at Hedrick Medical Center, where she had been a patient one day.
Mrs. Smithers was born Dec. 4, 1916 at Purdin, daughter of Charley E. Pulliam and Gertrude Buswell Pulliam. She attended school at Browning and was a graduate of the Purdin High School. On May 21, 1937 she was married to Chester William Smithers at Laclede. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Chillicothe Rebekah lodge. The couple moved to Chillicothe in 1950.
Mrs. Smithers was a former Chillicothe city clerk and had operated the Missouri Motor Vehicle License bureau in Chillicothe. Mr. Smithers died Jan. 26, 1976.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Pat (Norlene) Laffey, Chillicothe, and Mrs. Lewis (Charlene) Wisniewski, Excelsior Springs; a brother, Charles Pulliam, Purdin and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Palmer officiating. The casket will be moved to the church at noon Tuesday. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, under the direction of the Norman Funeral Home.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri. Monday, 15 October 1979.
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