The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday January 6, 1966 Eugene R. Smith, 93, Dies at Home. Eugene R. SMITH, 93, a Topekan 53 years, died Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist HOme, 1135 College, where he had lived the past three years. He was born May 9, 1872 near Havensville, and had lived in Topeka since 1912. Mr. Smith was employed by Santa Fe Railway until 1921, and in later years was manager of the Washburn Municipal Golf Club. He retired in 1943. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and Modern Woodmen of America. His wife, Alice Smith, died in 1941. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Virginia Painter, 1503 Washburn, Miss Velma R. Smith, Town House Apartments, Mrs. Vina NELSON, Littleton, Colo., and Mrs. Veronica CLAUNCH, Mission, Kan.; two sons, Harold, 1901 N.Polk, and Herbert Smith, 2027 Lane; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be announced by Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home.