Person:Ellwood Smith (1)

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Dr. Ellwood Smith, 81, of Wayne, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at the Simpson House in Philadelphia. Born Aug. 10, 1928, in Meadville, he was the son of the late Clarence William and Marian Frances Gable Smith.

He graduated from Rocky Grove High School in 1946 and later from the Philadelphia College of Optometry. He had been employed as a director of admissions at Devereux Foundation in Devon for 43 years and retired from there in 1991.

Dr. Smith was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a volunteer for more than 50 years at the Devon Horse Show and for the past 10 years at the Simpson House. He enjoyed playing bridge at the Wayne Senior Center. He was a member of Wayne Presbyterian Church in Wayne, where he was a deacon. He was also a member of the Stephen Ministry at the church.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp as a private. He also served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a SSG during the Korean War.

Dr. Smith is survived by a brother, Jerome Smith and his wife, Jenni, of Broomall; and four sisters, Colleen Ahrens of Oil City, Patricia Lindberg and her husband, Richard, of Sandusky, N.Y., Carol Campbell and her husband, Charles, of Berea, Ohio, and Lois Kline of Franklin.

In addition to his parents, Dr. Smith was preceded in death by his sister, Donna Snyder; three brothers, Clyde Smith, Keith Smith, and Corliss Smith.

Friends are invited to call from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gardinier Funeral Home Inc., 1315 Chestnut St., Franklin. Friends are also invited to attend the funeral service to be held at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. David R. Adam officiating. Interment will be at Lupher Chapel Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Simpson House, 2101 Belmont Ave., Philadelphia, 19131. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.gardinierfuneralhome.com

The Derrick, January 28, 2010

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Tipton, Jim, Compiler, Find a Grave
   Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg, accessed 17 March 2014.

   Dr Ellwood Maurice Smith; Memorial # 47155755, Record added 26 January 2010

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 1930 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Crawford, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication T626
   Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls, accessed 21 March 2015.

   Roll 2022, Crawford County, City of Meadville, Ward 3, Precinct 2, Sheet 12A, Stamped Page 139, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 20-28, 12 April 1930, Line 8, 309 South Street, Dwelling 226, Family 302, Clarence W. Smith, age 27

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 1940 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Crawford, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication T627
   Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls, accessed 21 March 2015.

   Roll 3476, Crawford County, Meadville, Ward 3, Block 7, Sheet 14A, Stamped Page 438, Supervisor's District 29, Enumeration District 20-31, 15 April 1940, Line 4, 1155 Liberty Street, Household 257, Clarence Smith, age 37

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Ancestry.com
   Source Information: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011; Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration, accessed 21 March 2015.

   Source Citation: Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
   
   Name: Ellwood M. Smith
   Last Residence: 19087 Wayne, Delaware, Pennsylvania
   BORN: 10 Aug 1928
   Died: 26 Jan 2010
   State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)