Maynard L. "Bud" Smith

1921 - 2011

Maynard L. "Bud" Smith, 90

Melrose

Jan. 10, 1921 - Sept. 11, 2011

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport for Maynard Smith who died on Sunday, September 11 at the St. Michael's Nursing Home in Sauk Centre. Interment will be in the MN State Veterans Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday at the church in Freeport.

Maynard Leroy Smith was born January 10, 1921 in Woodside Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota to Roy and Goldie (Melius) Smith. He grew up on the family farm. He attended School of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1939. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. He served in Alaska, Philippine Islands, and Honolulu. After the service, he went to Dunwoody University in Minneapolis, graduating in 1947. On June 14, 1949 he married Teresa Olmscheid at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. Bud worked for Western Electric and retired in 1977. He then drove milk truck in Melrose and worked at the Hardware Store. In Bud's retirement, he made hug-a-bears for the Telephone Pioneers; they were given to traumatized children from ages one to 101.

Bud was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport, Royal Neighbors of America, Telephone Pioneers, and a life member of the Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050.

Survivors include his children, Lynn (Dan) Hansen of Fleming, FL and Patricia (Brian) Dahlen of Minneapolis; grandchildren, Mark and Paul Dahlen and Roy Hansen; great-grandchildren, Mark, Jr. and Ryleigh Jade.

Bud was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Teresa Smith on June 22, 1997; and sister, Shirlie Barber.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society.