Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, Burton 2003
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THE SEBEWA RECOLLECTOR Bulletin of the Sebewa Center Association; Volume 38  April  2003  Number 5; submitted with permission from editor Grayden D. Slowins
WILLIAM ALLEN SMITH FAMILY UPDATE:  As a follow-up to the Burton Smith obituary 
we printed in October 2001, we received this information.  The William Allen 
Smith family lived on the old William T. Goodrich farm across from our home on 
Musgrove Hwy.  William A. Smith & Louise (Sindlinger) Smith are buried in East 
Sebewa Cemetery, along with son Glenn, just inside the west gate, fourth row 
over to the left.  Louise was a sister to Fred, Willard, Minnie & Lydia 
Sindlinger.  Other Smith children were Clyde, Clifton, Burton & Violet.
We received separate phone-calls from Mary Lou Graboski and Fred Smith, ages 70 
and 73, children of Clifton Smith.  Their family first lived in the little 
house west of William's, which Clifton built of used lumber from Sunfield when 
he was first married and before the big house burned.  William rented extra 
land around the neighborhood and Clifton worked it with him.  Then they lived 
in the tenant house on the Glenn Olry farm, which is now our farm, from 1934 to 
1940 and the kids attended Sebewa Center School.  The family went to South 
America for a year as missionaries - they were Seventh Day Adventists - and 
upon return lived in the George Petrie, Sr., house for a year and the kids 
attended school in Sunfield.  Then the family moved to Berrien Springs, where 
Clifton built a house and worked for the Advantist college.
Burton Smith graduated from Sunfield High School and farmed all his life near 
Clarksville.  He also worked for Smith-Groen Lumber Co. in Grand Rapids, 
manufacturing windows.  His children were Selma Williamson and Burton M. (Jack) 
Smith.  He is buried at Clarksville.


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