Alice Crawford Smith

1914 – 2010
Alice Crawford Smith, 96, formerly of West Liberty, rural Nichols, and Lone Tree, Iowa, died of heart disease Saturday, July 24, 2010, at the Crestview Care Center in West Branch, Iowa, where she had resided since May 1, 2008.
Private internment will take place at the Lone Tree Municipal Cemetery. Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the Smith family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com.
Alice Crawford was born in Johnson County May 7, 1914, the daughter of George R. Crawford and Julia Huskins Crawford. She grew up on her parents’ farm located approximately two miles northeast of Lone Tree and attended Lone Tree High School. She married Merrill W. Smith of Lone Tree in 1931 and they had four children. They were divorced in 1940.
Mrs. Smith is survived by four children, Donald Smith, Ames, Iowa; Evelyn Smith Gowdy, Lakewood, California; Robert Smith, West Liberty, Iowa; Gary Smith, Spencer, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother (October 7, 1963) and her father (March 15, 1975); and four brothers, George A. Crawford, Claire Crawford, Amon Crawford, Charles Crawford; and her husband, Merrill (September 12, 1980).