{"id":19728,"date":"2024-09-16T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T13:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=19728"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:42:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T13:42:54","slug":"rilla-rosalie-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/rilla-rosalie-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Rilla Rosalie Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.batesvilletechnology.com\/fh_live\/15900\/15910\/images\/obituaries\/9067895.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:263px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rilla Rosalie Smith, 86, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on September 13, 2024 at Adams Heritage in Monroeville, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born on February 3, 1938 in Coldwater Michigan to the late James Belote and Helen (Draper) Belote. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rilla was united in marriage to Richard Smith Sr. on October 12, 1954, in Coldwater, Michigan, and he preceded her in death on May 17, 1998. &nbsp;She faithfully served her family as a homemaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rilla was very fond of her grandchildren and great grandchildren\u2026she loved being a grandparent. &nbsp;She spent time over the years collecting key chains. &nbsp; As a faithful homemaker to her family, Rilla also found satisfaction in crocheting many items for her family and others over the span of her life. &nbsp;These \u201ccrochet\u2019s of love\u201d will be treasured by her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include her daughter, Teena (Jerry) Castleman of Monroeville, Indiana; son, James Smith of South Bend, Indiana; son, Leonard Smith of North Carolina, daughter-in-law, Carrie Smith of Indiana, daughter-in-law, Julie Smith of Fremont, Indiana; seventeen grandchildren, forty five great-grandchildren with one more on the way, and nine great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by two sons, Richard Smith Jr. &amp; Ray Smith; one grandchild, Nitika Smith; a daughter-in-law, Janice Smith, and 10 brothers and sisters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graveside services for Rilla will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Lakeview Cemetery in Quincy, Michigan, with Rev. Harold Klinker officiating. &nbsp;Burial will follow at Lakeview Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorials in memory of Rilla can be made payable to St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital in care of Zwick &amp; Jahn Funeral Home, 520 N. 2nd Street, Decatur, IN &nbsp;46733.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrangements are by the Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel, Monroeville, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rilla Rosalie Smith, 86, of Monroeville, Indiana, passed away on September 13, 2024 at Adams Heritage in Monroeville,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-19728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}