Submitted by: Alice Marie Beard

William Emory Smith   Obituary published Nov. 3, 1990, in the South Bend Tribune:
     
William E. Smith
Aug. 22, 1919 - Nov. 1, 1990
    WESTVILLE - Services for William E. "Pops" Smith, 71, of New Durham Estates, who died at 4:50 a.m. Thursday at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, after an illness, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Weaver Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Westville Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where American Legion Post 21 will conduct a service at 7 p.m.
     
    Mr. Smith was a retired press operator for Studebaker.  He was born Aug 22, 1919, in New Carlisle, living most of his lifetime in the area. On Dec. 24, 1947, in South Bend, he married Hazel I. Lichtenbarger.  She died June 30, 1989.  Surviving are four daughters, Billie Ann Clements of Mishawaka, Jo Ellen Cornelius of Anaheim, Calif., Barbara Keller Martin of LaPorte and Doris Smith of Baltimore, Md.; a son, Robert H. "Smitty" of Westville; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two sisters, Dorothy Kolczynski and Doris Charles, both of South Bend; and a brother, Gerald of Buchanan.  He was a member of Westville United Methodist Church, Westville American Legion Post 21 and Westville VFW, and was a World War II Army veteran.