William John Smilie (1895 - 1958)

William J. Smilie, Sr., 62, a retired salesman died Wednesday morning at his home at 62U West Mulberry Street after about three years of failing health. He had been a salesman for the Minnesota Woolen Mills until he retired because of ill health.

He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was a member of the Presbyterian Church there. He married Miss Florence E Sluyter there in 1917 and they homesteaded a farm at Merino, Colo. She died at Merino in 1936.

He married Miss Madolyn M Boggs at Fort Morgan in 1938 and they came to Fort Collins in that year. William was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge there.

Father: George Washington Smilie

Mother: Elizabeth Clara "Lizzie" Samson

Spouse: Florence Faye Sluyter

Spouse: Madolyn M Beggs

Son: William John Smilie

Son: Charles Robert Smilie

Son: William John Smilie Jr.

Son: George Samson Smilie

Daughter: Emagene Smilie Mead

Son: James Jackson Smilie

Daughter: Florence Ellen Smilie

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