Lewis "Bud" Smith

Lewis Elwood "Bud" Smith, one of seven children of Lois Marie (Hatswell) and Thomas Ira Smith, was born at Red Oak, Iowa on August 21, 1923. The Smith family lived in the Macedonia, Iowa area where Bud graduated from high school in 1941.
Bud moved to California where he worked in an aircraft manufacturing plant. He entered the U. S. Navy in November of 1942 and served in the North Atlantic during WWII attaining the rank of Boatswain's Mate Second Class. In 1946, Bud returned to Macedonia and briefly farmed near Macedonia. He left farming and began working at Blue Star Foods in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Bud and Loretta Eve Harrill were married at Omaha, Nebraska on June 17, 1949 and made their home in Macedonia. Bud later accepted a mechanic's position at Macedonia Implement in Macedonia and in 1956, he went to work for Missouri Valley Limestone Company as a heavy construction equipment mechanic. Schildberg Construction Company later purchased the Missouri Valley Limestone company and Bud continued with the new owners repairing equipment wherever needed.
Bud and Loretta's marriage was blessed with three children, Steven, Scott, and Merline. In addition to his duties as a husband and father, Bud served Macedonia as Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of American Legion Post No. 648. He also was a member of the Macedonia United Methodist Church and Iowa Firemen's Association.
Bud and Loretta had been married for 41 years when Loretta died on September 11, 1990. Bud retired the following year in 1991.
Bud and Ramona Margaret (Tibbles) McDaniels were married on June 14, 1994. They later separated and Ramona returned to her home in Oklahoma. Bud moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa in March of 2003. He continued his interest in radio remote controlled aircraft, coin collecting, and woodworking. He crafted many replicas of antique wooden coffee grinders as gifts for his family and friends.
Bud experienced severe abdominal pain and entered Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs on September 11, 2004. Bud died six days later on September 17, 2004 at the age of 81 years and 26 days.
In addition to his wife Loretta, Bud was preceded in death by his father in 1959 and his mother in 1994; his brother Donald L. Smith and his sisters Frances Bergen and Barbara Scherle.
Bud is survived by his children, Steven Smith and his wife Catheryn of Arvada, Colorado, Scott Smith and his friend Sherry Smiley of Commerce City, Colorado, and Merline Smith of Council Bluffs, Iowa; brother Thomas Smith and his wife Marjorie of Humbolt, Iowa; sisters Beverly Boileau and her husband Leo of Glenwood, Iowa and Catherine Carder and her husband Thomas of Red Oak, Iowa; sister-in-law Jacqueline Smith of Macedonia, Iowa; brother-in-law Albert Scherle of Council Bluffs; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends.