Clorene Jewel Smith, 90, died January 24, 2019, in Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 6, 1928, in Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Louis L. and Zelma (Kerrick) Graves.
Clorene had lived in Greensburg until May 2007, moving to North Newton. She graduated from Greensburg High School in 1946. She was the head cashier at Dillons Grocery Store for many years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Star of Hope Chapter, Greensburg, The Western Kansas Prairie Painters, the Society of Decorative Painters, and the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, Newton.
On August 7, 1948, Clorene married Kenneth Lee Smith. He preceded her in death September 15, 2010. She is survived by: a daughter, Jean Ann Duscher (Warren), Wichita; two sons, Kenneth Mark Smith (Darlene), Alamosa, Colorado, and Kevin Smith, Katy, Texas; six grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and a sister, Charlotte Tabor, Lindsey, Oklahoma. She was also preceded by: three brothers, Orie, Paul, and Forrest Graves; and a sister, Carolyn Clark.
Funeral services and celebration of Clorene’s life will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 28, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church, Greensburg with Pastor Chu officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Greensburg. Memorials are suggested to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, in care of Fleener Funeral Home, PO Box 41,Greensburg, KS 67054-0041.
