Graveside services for Helen Smith will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Missouri. Visitation will be prior to services from 10-11 a.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Alzheimer's Association or Heartland Hospice.
Helen Louise Smith, age 88 of Butler, Missouri died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Willow Lane Nursing Center in Butler. She was born February 22, 1926 to Lonnie and Ermine Zimmer Deerwester in Ballard, Missouri.
Helen is survived by three daughters, Jackie Ferguson and husband Dwayne of West Des Moines, Iowa, Carol Lewis and husband Chuck of Amsterdam, Missouri and Julie Davis and husband Tim of Greencastle, Pennsylvania; five grandchildren, Erica Hough and husband Jeremy of Raymore, Missouri, Kyle Lewis and wife Megan of Adrian, Missouri, Jonathan Ferguson of West Des Moines, Iowa, Kelsey Dean and husband Philip of Louisburg, Kansas and Brittani Hedgpeth and husband Jesse of Iberia, Missouri; and four great-grandchildren, Caleb and Carly Hough and Elexis and Cali Hedgpeth. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one sister, Ellen Wackerman; and two sons, Chris and Curtis Smith.
