Marion "Pud" Smith

November 29, 1928 - April 23, 2011

Marion “Pud” Smith 82, a resident of Berne, Indiana passed away at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23, 2011 at Chalet Village in Berne.

Pud was born on November 29, 1928 in Adams County, Indiana the son of Marion O. and Mildred (Suttles) Smith, both deceased. He married Mary Jane Brooks Kuhn on July 12, 1980 and she survives.

Pud was a former employee of the South Adams School System in Berne working as a bus driver and mechanic for twenty-two years. He was also a member of the Geneva Volunteer Fire Department for fifty years.

Pud is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Smith of Berne, a sister, Betty Bixler of Geneva, Indiana; six children and six step-children. Other survivors include twenty-four grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren.

Pud was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Smith and a sister, Louise Smith.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home in Berne with the Chaplains Anita Rediger and Chris Throuw officiating. Interment will be in the Springhill Cemetery.

Family and friends will be received from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home.

Preferred memorials are to Family Hospice of Northeast Indiana.