MARGUERITE SMITH-PERFETT
1928 - 2017
Obituary
Marguerite N. Smith-Perfett, 89, died
Sunday (Dec. 24, 2017) at the Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton.
She was born on Dec. 6, 1928, in Yale,
Oklahoma, the daughter of Jack B. and Hortense Rankin Smith.
Marguerite attended Hays High School, graduated from Hutchinson High
School and later attended the Oklahoma College for Women, Hutchinson
Community College and Wichita State University.
Marguerite married W.W. Smith and they
had two children. In 1967, she relocated to Warrensburg, Missouri,
where she later married Raymond F. Perfett on June 3, 1971, in
Nebraska City, Nebraska. Following Raymond's death in 1976, she
returned to Newton.
Marguerite was a reporter for several
newspapers through the years in Oklahoma and Kansas: The Pauls Valley
Daily Democrat, Great Bend Tribune, Newton Kansan and Wichita
Eagle-Beacon. She won writing awards from the Kansas Woman's Press
Association for her feature writing and women's pages. She continued
to be a writer for the Kansas Senior Press Service for several years.
She was a charter member of Trinity
Heights United Methodist Church in Newton. Marguerite was involved in
many church and community programs through the years.
Marguerite is preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Raymond; son, David Michael Smith; brother,
Benjamin J. Smith; and sister, Marjorie B. Pierce.
Survivors include daughter, Mari
Melanie Smith Palmer of Chesterfield, Missouri; grandchildren,
Matthew R. Crow of St. Louis, Missouri, and Aily K. Rischar (Chad) of
Chesterfield; and great-granddaughter, Dorothy.
Memorial services will be held at 11
a.m. Saturday (Jan. 6, 2018) at Trinity Heights United Methodist
Church in Newton.
It was Marguerite's request that her
body be donated to KU Medical Center for research. Inurnment will
take place at a later date beside her parents and sister at
Hutchinson Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials have been established with
Youthville (EmberHope) Newton Campus and the School of Geriatric
Nursing at Hutchinson Community College. Contributions may be sent to
Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
