The Idaho Statesman - Page 2B, 15 Nov 1979-

Services for E. W. "Dick" Smith, 59, of 3102 Catalina Drive, who died of natural causes Tuesday at a Boise hospital will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday in Rexburg and at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Boise. Interment will be in the Morris Hill Cemetery.

He was born March 26, 1920, at Rexburg where he was reared and educated. He graduated from Ricks College. He served in the U.S. Army for three years during WWII; . . . He and his father pioneered much of the bench area adjacent to Rexburg. He was a state senator for five terms. He was married to Helen Hillman of Rexburg. He married Marylyn Black Pope on December 17, 1977, at Tahoe, Nevada. He was a member of the LDS Church, served a mission to Canada and was a member of the Rexburg High Council.

Surviving are his wife of Boise, a son, Richard Fred Smith of Rexburg, four daughters, Mrs. Robert (Kristine) Hosac and Mrs. David (Debbie) Cleverly of Boise, Mrs. J. D. (Michele) Graham of Rexburg and Mrs. Perry (Karen) Hawkins of Idaho Falls.

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