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Mary M Kraus Smetter Patton

16 Mar 1910 – 19 Jan 2006

Birth16 Mar 1910
Death19 Jan 2006
CemeteryLincoln Memorial Park
Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA
Added byEvangelineღ on 14 Jun 2016
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Mary M. Kraus Smetter Patton, 95, formerly of Hastings, Nebraska, passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at the Christian Home in Holdrege, Nebraska. Mrs. Patton was born March 16, 1910 on a farm near Crete, Nebraska, the daughter of Anton and Anna (Tisher) Kraus. Mary's family moved to when she was 5 years old. She graduated from Crete High School and worked as a secretary at the Fairmont Creamery Company until her marriage to Edward Smetter. They lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, where her husband was a Coca Cola sales man. Mr. Smetter passed away in a car accident in 1948. On July 1, 1955 she married Hubert Patton. Mr. Patton passed away March 19, 1978. Mrs. Patton was a member of the First United Methodist Church, of Hastings, the United Methodist Women's Group, and life member of the Mary Lanning Hospital Auxiliary, past president of the BPO Does, the Pythian Sisters, the Eagles Auxiliary, the VFW Auxiliary and the South Central Czech Society. She is survived by: daughter, Janice (Smetter) Bantam; daughter-in-law, Beth Smetter; step daughter, Gail Stafford and husband Carl; step son, Lynn Patton; eight grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and 12 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by: her husbands, Edward Smetter and Hubert Patton; son, Glenn Smetter; son-in-law Roger Bantam; two brothers; two sisters; and one great grandchild. Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church. Funeral service on Monday, January 23, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church, in Hastings, with Rev. Earl Higgins officiating. Burial at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska. Obituary information from Apfel Funeral Home, Hastings, Nebraska.

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