Crawfordsville Journal Review 28-Feb-1964 pg. 3: 6- Mrs. Dora Smith, Lifelong Newtown
Resident, Is Dead- NEWTOWN- Mrs. Dora May Smith, 81, lifelong resident of this community,
died at 2:30 a.m. Friday at Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville. Born Dec. 14, 1882, west of
Newtown, she was the daughter of William and Mary Gardner McDonald. She was married Aug.
8, 1905, to Alva Smith, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Union
Church west of Newtown. The survivors include a son, Wilbur Smith, of Indianapolis; two
daughters, Mrs. Beulah Snelling of Attica and Mrs. Lena Floyd of near Veedersburg; two
grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by a brother
and a sister. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Crumley Funeral Home
in Hillsboro, with burial in Union Cemetery, west of Newtown. Friends may call at the
funeral home Saturday afternoon and evening.