This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Hunsaker, Palmer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/377 Message Board Post: The Daily Herald on Wednesday, March 05 , 2003 Our beloved Lela Hunsaker Smith, 81, of American Fork, Utah passed away Thursday, February 27, 2003 in St. George, Utah, where she and her husband spend the winters. Lela was born in Malad Idaho to Robert Jess Hunsaker and Maria Palmer on January 14, 1922. Lela married Edward (Eddie) Smith November 9, 1945 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They have spent their entire married life in American Fork. Lela loved her many callings in the LDS Church; she was a member of the Ladies Riding Club riding her horse Bess, and loved traveling with the Good Sam Timpanogos Road Runners. She had many talents including painting, writing, gardening, spoiling her grandchildren, and enjoyed spending time at their cabin in Tibble Fork in American Fork Canyon. Lela was a member of the League of Utah Writers and has had many articles published. Lela is survived by her husband, Eddie, a son Mark and daughter-in-law Sherma, four beautiful granddaughters: Rachelle Ann, Kristine Irene, Kimberly Rae, Charlene Lela, two great-granddaughters: Kiley Rae and Riley June; a sister, Mae Jones, Pocatello, Idaho; and a brother, Reed Hunsaker, Olympia, Washington. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 7, 2003 at 11 a.m. in the American Fork Pacific Drive Ward, 700 W. 500 North. Friends may call Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E. 100 North, and Friday at the church for an hour prior to the services. Burial is in American Fork Cemetery. This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page A7.