Carl W. Smith

Visitation: will be held onTuesday, October 12, 2004 in the chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.


Funeral Services: will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Interment: will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery

Carl W. Smith, age 97, of Broadus went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 9, 2004 at the Powder River Manor in Broadus.

Carl was born in a sod-roofed homestead in Mott, North Dakota on March 6, 1907 delivered by his parental grandmother who was a midwife. He was the oldest of five children born to Charles Walter Smith and Mary Agnes Stanfield Smith. The family moved to Montana in 1913 and homesteaded near Sonnette. Carl attended 1st and 2nd grade at the Mitchell School and 3rd through the 8th grade at the Bottles School. He then moved to Belfry to live with his grandmother in 1920 where he completed the 9th & 10th grades. This is where he met the love of his life Joann Sterling, and they were married on September 8, 1924. Later that year Carl and Joann, along with Joanns mother and three brothers moved back to Sonnette where they had three children of their own.

Several years later they moved to Miles City where Carl worked at the State School and Deluxe Motors. Some years later he purchased an irrigated place at Shirley, Montana. In 1968, Carl lost Joann. In 1971, he married Patricia Brady and they later moved back toSonnette after selling the place at Shirley. Pat then passed away in 1999. Carl then moved into the Powder River Manor a couple years later, where he enjoyed the staff, his extended family and very close friends. Carl enjoyed visiting, fishing, hunting, rodeos, and especially visiting with friends and neighbors.

Carl is preceded in death by his wives Joann and Pat, one infant son little Carl, his sisters: Blanche, Catherine, Mary Agnes and one brother Sam.

He is survived by a son, Joe Smith and his wife Sharon of Billings, MT; a daughter, Virginia Dice and her husband Don ofSonnette, MT; his grandchildren: Linda Dice, Tim Smith, Shannon Smith and Carl Smith; and many friends and extended family at the Powder River Manor.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 in the chapel of Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.

Should friends desire, memorials can be made to the Powder River Manor Nurse Scholarship Fund or the charity of one's choice.