Carrie L. Noack1,2

(December 27, 1908 - )
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     Carrie L. Noack was born on Sunday, December 27, 1908 in Clayton, Clayton County, Iowa, daughter of James Noack and Anna Kottke.1,2

Carrie married Ernest S. Smith on June 8, 1929, in Garber, Clayton County, Iowa.1

Carrie died on Sunday, November 19, 2006 in Guttenberg Care Center in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa. She was 97 years old.1

Her obituary on-line at the Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home, reads:
Carrie Smith
December 27, 1908 - November 19, 2006
Guttenberg, Iowa

Interment: Graveside services will be held at a later date in Mt. Harmony Cemetery rural Elkport

Carrie L (Noack) Smith was born the daughter of James and Anna (Kottke) Noack on December 27, 1908 in Clayton Iowa. She passed away Sunday, November 19, 2006, at the Guttenberg Care Center. Carrie received her education locally and was a homemaker for several years. On June 8, 1929 she was united in marriage with Ernest Smith in Garber. Her wishes were to donate her body to the Department of Anatomy at the University of Iowa College. Services will be held at a later date. She is survived by her son in law Leland Tomkins of Guttenberg, two grandchildren Shelia and Terry Tomkins; two great-grandchildren Nicole and Nathan Tomkins. She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest; one daughter Gloria Tomkins; eight siblings, Harry, Roy, Ella, Clay, Galen, Howard, Dean Noack and Viola Schlake.1

Child of Carrie L. Noack and Ernest S. Smith

Citations

  1. [S366] Obituaries by Tuecke Allyn Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Guttenberg, Iowa, online www.tueckeallyn.com/obitarchive.html. Hereinafter cited as Carrie Smith Obituary.
  2. [S71] Clayton County Genealogical Society / Box 866 Elkader - Iowa 52043, 1984 History of Clayton County Iowa (Elkader, Iowa 52043: Griffith Press, 1984). Hereinafter cited as 1984 History of Clayton Co.
 


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