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NAME: Conklin, Wilna (m. 1h Harold Davidson, 2h Lawrence Floran Smith)

OBIT:

Wilna Smith, 79, dies Sunday
 Wilna (Mrs. Lawrence) Smith, 79, of park Forest, Ill., died Sunday, June 10, 1990, at her home.
 Funeral services are pending and will be held in Bentonville, Ark.
 Mrs. Smith was born Dec. 18, 1910, in Keota, the daughter of Charles and Bertha (Chapman) Conklin.
 She was first married to Harold "Bud" Davidson. She later married Lawrence Smith on March 31, 1934, in Washington. After her husband's death on Oct. 12, 1985, in Bentonville, Ark., she moved to Park Forest, Ill., to be near her son.
 Surviving are her son, Lee Davidson, Park Forest; two daughters, Jean (Mrs. Allen) Hampsher, Washington, and Ruth (Mrs. Warren) Swanger, Port Byron, Ill.; 17 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Cora Wiesman and Leota (Mrs. Maurice) Kelsey, Bentonville; and a brother, Clifford Conklin, Bentonville.
 She was preceded in death by a son, Harold Davidson, two great-granddaughters, two brothers, and a sister.

OBIT:

 Wilna Bertha Smith, 79, formerly of Bentonville, died Sunday, June 10, 1990 at her home in Park Forest, Ill. She was born Dec. 18, 1910, at Wellman, Iowa to Charles Edward Conklin and Bertha Emma Chapman Conklin.
 Smith had lived in the Bentonville area for 20 years. She was a homemaker.
 Smith was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bentonville, a member of Order of the Eastern Star and the American Association of Retired Persons.
 She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Smith, in 1985, and a son, Harold Davidson, in 1976.
 Survivors include a son, Lee Edward Davidson of Park forest; two daughters, Jean Hamesher of Washington, Iowa, and Ruth Swanger of Port Byron, Ill.; a brother, Clifford Conklin of Bentonville; two sisters, Cora Wiseman and Leota Kelsey, both of Bentonville; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
 Graveside services are 2 p.m. Friday, June 15 in Bentonville Cemetery by the Rev. Vee Hoyle.
 Burial is to be in Bentonville Cemetery.
 Visitation will be from 10-11:30 a.m. Friday at Burns Funeral Chapel in Bentonville.
 Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o Laura Cline, memorial chairman, Farmers and Merchants Bank, P.O. Box 258, rogers, Ark. 72756.

OBIT:

Those at Cora's after funeral:
 Lee and Ruth Davidson, Cora Wiseman, Max and Beth Donahu, George, Kathy, George Jr. and Christine Davidson, Debby Paszylk, Jerry, Holly, Jason and Jeri Lynn Williamson, Cliff, Aleta, Cliff Jr. and Tiffany Davidson, Cheryl Moore, Amy and Robby, Allen and Jean Hampsher, Jerry and Penny Smith, Robin and Marsha Hampsher, J Hampsher, Ann White, Warren and Ruth Swanger, Susi Solis, Walt and Helen Bracha, Jerry and Raberta Donahue, Claydean and wife, Brett and wife, Cal and Mamona Morgan, David and Terri Davidson, Jennifer, Billie, Stephany and Amber and Rosie, Larry Davidson, Ramona's Mom, Mrs. Jones and Ruth Meqans and Richard Means. Leota was unable to come to Cora's

contributed by Betty Rasmussen