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Everett W. Smith, 12-Aug-33
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Leilani Sue Smith Lee
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None listed
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Parents: |
George Rice and Effie Mae Rice
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Siblings: |
Clifford Rice Ferne Rice Lyon Kittrell
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Grandparents: |
None listed
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Birth Date: 9/28/1915
Death Date: 1/15/1983
Washington Park East Cemetery
Cloisters # 55, Section 55A, Row 6, Crypt 12D
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Luetta Rice Smith 68 passed away January 15, 1983 at Community Hospital East in Indianapolis, Indiana. Luetta was born September 28, 1915 in Marion, Ohio to George E. Rice and Effie Mae Dobbins Rice. Luetta married Everett W. Smith on August 12, 1933 in Marion, Ohio.While still residing at Marion, Ohio she worked at the Marion Ordinance Depot during World War 2. She then joined her husband at Pearl Harbor and worked at the Navy Yards until the end of the war. They then returned to Marion, Ohio for several years. Then they moved to Indianapolis, where a daughter, Leilani Sue Smith was born on September 20, 1969. Luetta was survived by her husband, daughter, and sister Ferne Lyon Kittrell. Her parents and brother, Clifford Rice preceded her in death. Her husband passed away June 30, 1988 and her sister passed away March 30, 2001. |
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Luetta as a baby.
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Luetta as a teenager holding her niece.
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Luetta in her early twenties.
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Louetta and her hsband taken in 1942 shortly before he left for Pearl Harbor.
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Easter picture of Luetta, her mother an dsister shortly before she left for Pearl Harbor in 1943.
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This was taken just after Luetta arrived in Pearl Harbor in 1944.
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Luetta with her husband and daughter in 1966. Luetta's sister is sitting on the stoup.
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This is the last time Luetta and her sister got to see their brother. He passed away in Arizonia shortly after their visit in 1970.
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This is the last picture of Luetta taken shortly before her death in 1983.
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(Left) Luetta and her husband, Everett in 1942.(Right) Luetta's father, George Rice.
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