Frances Smit

Frances Smit, 86, of Lennox, SD, died Thursday, April 8, 2021 at the Alcester Care and Rehab Center, Alcester, SD. Frances Ellen Meyer was born on April 6, 1935, on a farm southwest of Tea, SD, the daughter of Frank Joe and Engeline (Plucker) Meyer. With her family, she moved to a farm north of Chancellor and attended Germantown District #85 rural school and then graduated from Lennox High School. On May 29, 1952, she was united in marriage to Clarence Smit at the Delaware Reformed parsonage. The couple made their home on a farm south of Lennox until moving to Tea in 1957. In 1969 they moved to an acreage outside of Lennox and then into Lennox in 1979. Frances had worked as a nursing assistant and a waitress for 14 years. She then worked as the "little blue bus" driver for Lennox Community Transit for then next 14 years. Frances was an active and faithful member of the Second Reformed Church, Lennox, where she taught Sunday school and belonged to the Joy Bible Study. She served as a Boy Scout and Girl Scout leader for several years. She enjoyed reading, travel, embroidery and bird feeding. She treasured the time spent with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her neighborhood kids. Most of all, Frances deeply loved her family. Besides her parents, Frances was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Bunny Armbuster and brothers-in law: Donald Sinning and Kenneth Heeren. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband of over 68 years, Clarence; children: Gerald Smit, Custer, Gayla (Mike) Jorgensen, Gillette, WY, Glenda (Loren) Schroedermeier, Harrisburg and Greg (Brenda) Smit, Lennox; 16 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; sisters: Marlene Sinning and Harriet Heeren both of Sioux Falls; sister-in-law, Doris (Lee) Kirkeby, Dell Rapids and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Public visitation without the family present will be 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 11 at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox, SD. Private family services will be held Monday and available on the Second Reformed Church facebook page. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Children's Inn or the Children's Home Society are preferred.

Frances Smit

April 6, 1935 - April 8, 2021

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