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Dr. George Smith
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[January
18, 2011]
LINCOLN -- George "Doc" N. Smith, D.D.S.,
72, of Lincoln, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at 12:54 a.m. at St.
Clara's Manor.
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A memorial service for Dr. Smith will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at
American Legion Post 263, 1740 Fifth St. Prior to the service, family will greet friends from
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Cremation rites have been accorded.
Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of
arrangements.
Dr. Smith started his dental practice in Stockton
and Mount Morris. He was employed at Dixon
Developmental Center beginning in 1974 and then
transferred to the Lincoln Developmental Center in
1982. He retired from LDC in 1991. After retirement
he worked with the dental practices of Dr. Robert
Dahman and Dr. Todd Walker.
He served in the U.S. Army for two years during
the Korean War.
George Norman Smith was born on May 28, 1938, in
Freeport. His parents were Charles Leslie and Grace
Smith. He married Arta L. Machamer on Sept. 9, 1966,
in Mount Morris.
He is survived by his wife; one stepdaughter,
Patricia (and Denny) O'Boyle of Chillicothe; two
stepgrandsons, Dr. David P. (and Rachel) Wickness of
Champaign and Scott M. Wickness of Denver, Colo.;
two step-great-grandchildren, Marissa Wickness and
Ava Wickness; and one brother, James C. Smith of
Mount Morris.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was a member of American Legion Post 263 in
Lincoln, the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in
Oregon, Ill., and a former member of Lincoln Elks
Lodge 914.
His hobbies included golfing and reading. |
He graduated from Mount Morris High School and
attended Grinnell College in Iowa, Northern Illinois
University and Rockford College. He graduated from
the University of Illinois School of Dentistry in
Chicago.
Memorials may be made to American Legion Post 263
or Gifts to the Yanks Who Gave.
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