Barbara Jean Smith Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Barbara Jean Smith, 87, of Davie, Florida and formerly of Mentone, Ind. passed Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at Covenant Village of Plantation, Florida. Barbara was born on December 25, 1929, daughter of Charles N. Cooper and Ethel Gaskill Cooper in Tippecanoe Indiana. She graduated from Tippecanoe High School in 1948, as a teenager she worked with her parents who owned and operated The Telephone Company in Tippecanoe. Barbara married on Oct. 21, 1950 in Mentone, Indiana to Robert C. Smith, who preceded on Oct. 25, 2013. She worked at Hart Schaffner Marx in Rochester Indiana, before coming to work, with her husband at Smith Bros. Diesel. They also proudly owned and operated the Arctic Cat dealership from 1969 to 1978. They retired in 2000 spending winters in Hollywood Beach Fl and later moved to Davie Florida in 2011. Barbara was a member of American Legion Auxiliary, Mentone Book Club, Moose Lodge, and several snowmobile clubs. Survivors include daughter Sara Jo Smith Murcia and her husband J. Salvador Murcia, Davie Florida; Grandson Noel Murcia and wife Crystal, great grand-daughter Isabel and great grandson Gabe of Clayton NC; grand-daughter Sally Murcia Whyte, husband Max and great grandson Spencer of Davie FL; grand-daughter Elizabeth Murcia Lynch and husband William of Brunswick MD. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert and a childhood brother Lynn. Time and Date of Services: 2:00 pm, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 with visitation for 12:30 pm to the service time. Place of Services: King Memorial Home 101 North Tucker Street Mentone, Ind. Minister: Pastor Jason Rice Place of Burial: Mentone Cemetery, Mentone, Indiana Visitation Hours: 4 pm to 8 pm, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 at King Memorial Home Mentone, Indiana Memorials can be made in her memory to the Mentone Cemetery.

Barbara Jean Smith

December 25, 1929 - November 3, 2017