Stanley Smith

Stanley W. Smith, age 82, died December 20, 2008 at Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center. Stanley was born March 12, 1926 in Webster to Leonard and Jeanette Smith. Stanley served in the United States Army during World War II where he received a back injury during a jump as a paratrooper in the Phillipine Islands. Stanley was preceded in death by his parents, siblings Clarence, Charles, DuWayne, William, Delmer, Richard and Arthur, Yvonne and Sylvia who died in infancy. Stanley is survived by his children Marilyn Salzmann of Hayward, WI, Linda Asplund of Rice Lake, WI, Pamela (John) Cramer of Tomah, WI, 7 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, brother David Smith of Webster, and sister Mary Jane Klar of Webster. Memorial services will be Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church, Webster with Pastor Merrill Olson officiating. Music will be provided by organist Helen Kratzer and soloist Allyson Krause. Interment of cremains will be held in the spring at the Viola Lake Cemetery, Sand Lake Township, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Honorary pallbearers were Kurt Anderson, Douglas Geiger, Gregory Stahl, and Harold Peterson. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster.