IN MEMORIAM

EXPANDED EULOGIES

Hazel Smith

Graveside services for Hazel May Smith, 96, who died March 17 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, were 11 a.m. Wednesday at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.

She was born Jan. 31, 1926, in Limon, Colorado, to Chester Jerome and Bessie (Ester) Overholser. She married Albert M. Smith on Aug. 22, 1944, in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Survivors include son Albert M. Smith Jr. of Peabody; daughter Mary Avery of Peabody; sister Crystal Schwab of Del City, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Anna Bahre, brothers C. J. Overholser Jr. and Jerry Overholser, and sister Dixie Thorne.

Memorials have been established with Peabody Senior Citizens and Peabody Christian Church in care of Jost Funeral Home, PO Box 266, Hillsboro KS 67063. Online condolences at www.jostfuneralhome.com.