Funeral services for Richard Smith will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Community of Christ Church, Fanning, Kan. Burial will be at Fanning Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Harman Rohde Funeral Home in Troy. Memorials: Fanning Cemetery.
Richard Allen Smith, 57, Troy, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at the Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph.
Richard was born on Aug. 23, 1954, in St. Joseph to John Marvin Smith Sr. and Rosa Schneiter. He was a lifelong resident of Troy and worked for Carnation Can in St. Joseph for 20 years and farmed.
Richard married Jackie Simpson on Sept. 29, 1979, in Fanning, Kan. She survives of the home.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Bernard; and sister, Rose Anna Guy.
Other survivors include two sons, Corey Smith and Ryan Smith, both of Troy; six brothers, John E. Smith, Tom Smith, Harry Smith, Paul Smith, John Marvin Smith, Jr., and Sherman Smith, all of Troy; sister, Mary Agnes Murphy of Jamesport; and six grandchildren.
