This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lucherini, Seamons, Paton, Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/349 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 11/25/01 LOGAN, Utah — Melda Seamons Smith Lucherini, 88, lovely mother and grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away Nov. 23, 2001, at the Logan Regional Hospital. Born June 5, 1913 in Preston, Idaho, Melda was the daughter of Wilford Royce Seamons and Effie Mono Paton. At age 15 she lost her own dear mother. She showed great courage and compassion as she nurtured her two younger sisters. She graduated from Preston High School. Melda married William E. (Bill) Smith on Jan. 24, 1935 in the Logan Temple. They first made their home in Preston and later moved to Franklin where they lived in the Smith family home. Here they raised their three children. After Bill died in 1957, the family moved to Logan where Melda worked as a hostess and cashier at the Bluebird Restaurant for 17 years. She remained a widow for eight years before marrying W. Melvin Lucherini April 7, 1965. He and his family were so good to her during their 21-year marriage. Melvin passed away July 2, 1986. Melda was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served as a counselor in the Franklin Ward Relief Society and as president of the Logan 25th Ward Relief Society. She was organist for the Primary and MIA. Working at the temple was a privilege she greatly enjoyed. Being a Sunday School teacher for many years was another calling she took very seriously. She loved the children in her classes and still enjoyed hearing about them. She loved music, flowers, reading (especially the Book of Mormon), traveling and the gospel. She has always been known for her beautiful auburn hair and happy countenance. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Royce. Surviving are her three children, Larry Smith (Bonnie), Logan, Kent Smith (Linda), Bountiful, Pam Baird (Dennis), Brigham City; sisters Maxine Hampton, Franklin, Idaho, Joyce Geary, Ogden, Leatrice (Chet) Buttars, Cornish; stepbrothers Ronald (Betty) Seamons, Honeyville, Blaine (Justine) Seamons, Ogden; and a stepsister Verdena (Dale) Dunkley, Southern California; stepchildren Glenn (Kathy) Lucherini, Logan, Ray (Carol) Lucherini, Logan, Gayle (Richard) Pitkin, Layton, Nedra (Craig) Coyner, Layton, and Jean Lucherini, Mendon. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001, at the Allen-Hall Mortuary Chapel, 34 E. Center St., Logan where friends may call on Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho.