Harry Russell Smith

HARRY SMITH, 94

U.S. Postal Service

NALCREST -- Mr. Harry R. Smith of Nalcrest died Sunday (Feb. 5, 2006) at The Groves Center of complications following a stroke. He was 94.

Born in Reads Landing, Minn., on March 3, 1911, he came to Nalcrest from there in 1986. He was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Minnesota and a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Lake Wales Veterans of Foreign Wars and Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge. He was a two-time Bronze Star recipient. He was a musician. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Indian Lake Estates.

Mr. Smith is survived by his friend, Dorothy Van de Veer, Fedhaven.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marion Nelson Funeral Home in Lake Wales. Burial will be in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Indian Lake Estates building fund, P.O. Box 7668, Indian Lake Estates, 33855.