Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins 
South Bend Tribune 1/4/1986 p A4; 1/5/1986 p. D 3
Smith, Voorde, Schrager, Parisey, Berbitsky

Irving  Smith,
a former city  attorney, dies

     Irving J. Smith, 72, of 2116  Bader Ave. a former South Bend city
attorney, died Friday afternoon in his home.
     Mr.  Smith began practicing law in 1938 in South Bend after graduating
from Indiana  University Law School. He served as county attorney and in 1955
he was appointed  city attorney by Mayor Edward F. Voorde.
     In  1945, Mr. Smith received a Bronze star medal for his role as
director of Camp  Feldafing near Munich, Germany, where he was responsible for 4,500
Jewish  refugees who were picked up from various concentrations  camps.
     He  was born June 14, 1913, in South Bend and he lived in the area all
of his life.  On Aug. 15, 1946, in South Bend, he married the former Florence
Schrager, who  died Aug. 19, 1981. On Dec. 29, 1985, in South Bend, He married
the former Gyla  Terlop Parisey, who survives.
      Also surviving are a son, Frederick of Boston; two step daughters,
Kimberly  Parisey and Kelley Parisey, both of South Bend; three stepsons, Bradley,
Brian  and Lance Parisey, all of South Bend; two grandchildren; a sister
Sylvia  Berbitsky of South Bend; and a brother, Melvin of Indianapolis. A son
David died  Jan. 14, 1981.
      Services will be a 1 p.m. Sunday in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435
S.  Ironwood Dr. Burial will be in the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery. There will
be no  visitation.
     Mr.  Smith was a past secretary of the St. Joseph County Democratic
Association. He  was a member of the St. Joseph Bar Association, the Indiana Bar
Association and  the American Bar Association. Mr. Smith also was a member of
the Indiana Society  of Chicago.
     In  1968, he was elected president of the Jewish Community Council. In
1969 and  1970, he was elected president of Sinai Synagogue. He was a member of
B'nai  B'rith and past president of the Jewish War Veterans.
      Mrs. Smith also served on the board of directors for the Council of
Retarded  Children of St. Joseph County. Memorial contributions may be made to
Sinai  Synagogue.


South Bend Tribune /5/1986 p. D 3
SMITH - Services for Irving J. Smith, 72, of 2116 Bader  Ave., who died
Friday in his home, will be at 1 p.m. today in the Forest G. Hay  Funeral Home, 435
S. Ironwood Drive. Burial will be in the Hebrew Orthodox  Cemetery,
Mishawaka. Mr. Smith a form city and county attorney, was the current  secretary of the
St. Joseph County Democratic Association, a post he had held  for the past 30
years.