Donn Smith, 71, Clarks Grove
Published 12:00 am Friday, August 3, 2007
Funeral services for Donn D. Smith Sr., 71, of Clarks Grove, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Seiler will officiate. Interment will be Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to the services at Bayview. After the services, there will be a time of fellowship in Bayview&8217;s gathering hall. To sign the guest book, goto www.bayviewfuneral.com
Donn Sr. died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Donn Dale Smith Sr. was born Oct. 11, 1935, to Verle E. and Ruth Ann (Anderson) Smith in Minneapolis. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1954 to 1957. On Feb. 5, 1955, Donn was united in marriage to Shirley Joanne Henderson in Edina. They lived in Eagan from 1961 to 1993, where Donn was a police officer with the Eagan Police Department and a charter member of the Eagan Fire Department. After his retirement, the couple moved to Clarks Grove. Donn attended Faith Baptist Church. He enjoyed working on, and restoring &8220;old-time&8221; cars.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley of Clarks Grove; children: Donn (Nancy) Smith Jr. of New Ulm, Brad (Loretta Mann) Smith of LeSueur, Lynn (Dave Fletcher) Delisi of Lakeville, and James (Helen) Smith of Clarksville, Ga.; grandchildren: Tim Smith, Molly Smith, Marty Smith, Nick Smith, Maggie Smith, Jessicca Delisi, Domnic Delisi, Sarah Ann Smith, and Zachary Arson Smith; great-granddaughter, Ava Grace Zegar; and siblings: Ralph (Dolores) Smith of Minneapolis, Edward (Rosetta) Smith of Crestview, Fla., Louis Klefsaas of Minneapolis, and Arlene Mark, also of Minneapolis.
Donn was preceded in death by his brother, Charles Savage.