Maine/Missouri
Marshall Holt Smith, age 97, resident at Morningside Assisted Living Chillicothe, Mo. AND assed away on Monday August 15, 2022, at Morningside Nursing in Chillicothe, Mo. Born the eldest son of Carl “Dewey” Smith & Clara G. Phillips Smith in Lamoine, Maine on March 16, 1925.
He was a graduate of Ellsworth High School in Ellsworth, Maine class of 1943. He joined the U.S. Navy as a seaman in 1945 and served in the South Seas during WWII. Upon military discharge in 1946, he was in the reserves for four years. He worked for the Union Trust Bank as head teller, & Miami Beach First National Bank & moved to Chillicothe to work for Citizens Bank. He moved to Brookfield, Missouri where he began his long career with Prudential Insurance Company as an agent in 1963 and retired in Chillicothe as a manager in 1989.
His true love was music and he sang & played bass fiddle with dance bands, sang in Community Chorus, Methodist Church choirs, weddings & funerals throughout his lifetime in both Chillicothe & Brookfield Missouri. He also loved golf & gardening. He was the oldest living American Legion member of Brookfield, long time Kiwanis member, and served on the Brookfield School Board. He was also on the City Council Development Committee that initiated the Chillicothe Golf Course.
Survivors include his daughter Marshallyn Shah & husband Ashwin of Willis, Texas and son Mark Smith and wife Beverly of Leonardtown, Maryland. He also is survived by stepdaughters Cheryl Bradley & husband John, Carol Ballard. and husband, Mike, Beverly Staley and husband Gerry, and Barbara Buckallew and husband Greg. He was preceded in death by two wonderful wives, Dorothy P Smith & Rogene Hayen Smith and by all his siblings, Carl and Wayne Smith, and Carol Schwartz.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Trinity United Methodist Church, Chillicothe United Methodist Church, Linn County Community Chorus, or Brookfield R-3 High School Music Department, may be left at or mailed to Wright Funeral Home, P.O. Box 496, Brookfield, MO 64628.
Graveside services will be held on Oct. 22, 2022 at 2pm at Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth.
Arrangements made in Maine by Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St. Ellsworth
Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com