This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJIBAEB/28177 Message Board Post: Paul E. ‘Pat’ Smith March 31, 1928 – April 9, 2006 Paul E. “Pat” Smith, 78, 3229 Francis Lane, Kokomo, died 9:55 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2006, in the emergency room at Howard Regional Health System. Born March 31, 1928, in Howard County, he was a son of Messick and Ethel (Ridgeway) Degraffenreid. On Dec. 5, 1952, he married Barbara (Carter) Smith and she survives. He graduated from New London High School in 1946 and served with the Army during the Korean War from October 1950 until September 1952. He retired in 1978 as a supervisor from Delco Electronics after 30 years. He was a member of the Kokomo American Legion. Surviving with his wife of Kokomo, are one daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Greg Faucett, Cutler; one grandson, Matthew Stewart and wife Theresa, Russiaville; three great-granddaughters, Morgan, Cameryn and Caelyn Stewart, all of Russiaville; one brother and sister-in-law, Daryl and Jeannie Degraffenreid, Russiaville; two sisters, Suzanne Cook, Kokomo, Betty East and husband Bob, Williamsburg, Ky.; two sisters-in-law, Norma Degraffenreid and Jan Carter, both of Kokomo; brother-in-law Tom Carter and wife Linda, Russiaville; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ed and Jean Harrison, Carmel; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Smith Cline; his parents; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ridgeway; and a great-grandson, Duncan Stewart. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Stout & Son Funeral Home, 200 E. Main St., Russiaville, with Pastor Kenn Freeland officiating. Burial will be in Albright Cemetery with military honors by the Kokomo VFW Military Rites Team. Calling hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Heart Association or the Diabetes Association.