Obituary

Service: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 1 p.m. in the chapel at the Sacred Heart Home, 515 North Main Street, Avilla

Calling: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Home, Avilla ************************************************************************************** Doris J. Smith, 83, of Avilla and formerly of Cree Lake near Kendallville died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. in Sacred Heart Home, Avilla.

She was a lifetime area resident.

Mrs. Smith had worked at Monsanto in Ligonier and was a homemaker.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, West Fairfield, Corunna, Kendallville VFW Post 2749 Auxiliary, Kendallville American Legion Post 86 Auxiliary, and Kendallville Eagles Lodge 985 Auxiliary.

Doris enjoyed playing euchre and Bingo.

She was born May 4, 1930, in York Township, Noble County to Ira and Hilda May (Sherrick) Wright.

On June 25, 1949, in Albion she married Harold L. Smith. He preceded her in death on December 24, 1994.

Surviving are a brother and sister-in-law, Ed and Janice Wright of Kendallville; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Nancy and Claude Hoffman of Wolcottville and Rose Marie Wright of Fort Wayne; a sister-in-law, Margo Goegel of Toledo, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Danny Wright.

Funeral services will be Friday, December 27, 2013, at 1 p.m. in the chapel at Sacred Heart Home, 515 North Main Street, Avilla, with Rev. Al Wingfield of Zion Lutheran Church and Tom Novy of Sacred Heart Home officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Albion.

Calling is Friday, December 27, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Home.

Preferred memorials are to Sacred Heart Home.

Young Family Funeral Home, Kendallville Chapel, 222 South State Street, Kendallville is assisting the family with arrangements.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.youngfamilyfuneralhome.com