Dick Smith
Richard E. Smith, 85, of Fayette died Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Gundersen Lutheran Health Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Memorial services were held 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 14, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Fayette with Rev. Mee Kang officiating.
Visitation was held from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 13, at Becker-Milnes Funeral home in Fayette and for one hour preceding services at the church on Friday.
Memorials may be made in his name to the Alzheimer’s Foundation or the Fayette County Historical Society.
Richard Eugene, son of Howard and Evelyn (Reed) Smith, was born March 3, 1929 at Hazleton, Iowa.
He graduated from Waucoma High School in 1947 and from Upper Iowa University in Fayette with a degree in English in 1952.
From 1952 to 1954 he served with the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska.