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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Wanda Smith
Wanda
Smith
d. Jul 2, 2016
Wanda Smith's Obituary
Funeral Services for Wanda M. Smith, age 94, of Chambers, NE will be at 10:00 A.M., Monday, July 11, 2016, at Memorial Baptist Church in Chambers, NE. Burial will be in the Chambers Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, from 9:00 A.M. until time of the service at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill. Wanda Marie Smith went home to be with her LORD on July 2, 2016, in O'Neill, NE. Memorials may be made to Memorial Baptist Church in Chambers, NE, P.O. Box 51, Chambers, NE, 69725-0297.
Wanda was born December 27, 1921, in Chambers, NE the first child of Frank M. and Frances Marie (Snyder) Porter.
On June 29, 1940, in Wayne, NE, Wanda married Vernon L. Smith of Chambers.
By letter dated March 29, 1943, Vernon was told to report to the Golden Hotel in O'Neill, for induction into the armed services. Vernon was subsequently drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Germany and France.
With Vernon in the Army, Wanda moved to Wichita, KS, and went to work on September 20, 1944 as a "Rosie the Riveter" for the Boeing Airplane Company. Wanda's job became packing the parachutes for the pilots and crew of the various aircraft produced by Boeing.
Via Western Union Telegram from New York, dated January 1946, Vernon advised Wanda: "ARRIVED SAFELY EXPECT TO SEE YOU SOON DON'T ATTEMPT TO CONTACT OR WRITE ME HERE LOVE= VERNON."
On January 9, 1946 Vernon was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth, KS, and Wanda terminated her employment with Boeing; they then resumed their married life in Chambers.
Both Wanda and Vernon were active in their community and their church: Wanda served many years as a Sunday school teacher in the Memorial Baptist Church of Chambers.
Wanda was also an avid china painter, decorator of ceramic art, involved in the Chambers flower club, a special occasions cake baker and decorator, and often employed as a house painter-interior decorator.
Wanda is survived by brother Duane Porter (Eleanor) of Dover, DE; and 4 sisters, Jeannene Reninger (Pete) of Merritt Island, FL, Ruth Ann Clemens of O'Neill, Deanna Bellin of Minneola, FL, and Elinore Zimmer (David) of Chambers. Wanda also leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
Wanda was preceded in death by her father and mother, her husband Vernon and two sisters, Miriam Porter and Evelyn Rowse.
Wanda was born December 27, 1921, in Chambers, NE the first child of Frank M. and Frances Marie (Snyder) Porter.
On June 29, 1940, in Wayne, NE, Wanda married Vernon L. Smith of Chambers.
By letter dated March 29, 1943, Vernon was told to report to the Golden Hotel in O'Neill, for induction into the armed services. Vernon was subsequently drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Germany and France.
With Vernon in the Army, Wanda moved to Wichita, KS, and went to work on September 20, 1944 as a "Rosie the Riveter" for the Boeing Airplane Company. Wanda's job became packing the parachutes for the pilots and crew of the various aircraft produced by Boeing.
Via Western Union Telegram from New York, dated January 1946, Vernon advised Wanda: "ARRIVED SAFELY EXPECT TO SEE YOU SOON DON'T ATTEMPT TO CONTACT OR WRITE ME HERE LOVE= VERNON."
On January 9, 1946 Vernon was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth, KS, and Wanda terminated her employment with Boeing; they then resumed their married life in Chambers.
Both Wanda and Vernon were active in their community and their church: Wanda served many years as a Sunday school teacher in the Memorial Baptist Church of Chambers.
Wanda was also an avid china painter, decorator of ceramic art, involved in the Chambers flower club, a special occasions cake baker and decorator, and often employed as a house painter-interior decorator.
Wanda is survived by brother Duane Porter (Eleanor) of Dover, DE; and 4 sisters, Jeannene Reninger (Pete) of Merritt Island, FL, Ruth Ann Clemens of O'Neill, Deanna Bellin of Minneola, FL, and Elinore Zimmer (David) of Chambers. Wanda also leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
Wanda was preceded in death by her father and mother, her husband Vernon and two sisters, Miriam Porter and Evelyn Rowse.
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