Smoker, Wilbur Howard (1915-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Jun 8 p. 11

Birth date: 1915

text of obituary:

REV. WILBUR SMOKER

Rev. Wilbur Howard Smoker, 57, of 13053 Warwick Blvd., Providence, Va., died Friday, Apr. 14, in Riverside Hospital after a short illness.

He was pastor of Providence Mennonite Church, Warwick Blvd. and Menchville Road. Ordained in 1955, he had been a Peninsula resident for the past 17 years.

He was employed as a carpenter for Nice Brothers and was instrumental in organizing churches in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and North Carolina.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alta M. Smoker; two daughters, Miss Rhonda R. Smoker and Mrs. Mary Anne Lee, both of Newport News; three sons, Kenneth G. Daniel J., and Vernon L., all of Newport News; his mother, Mrs. Hilda Smoker of Leola, Pa.; a sister, Miss Althea Smoker of Leola; a brother, Raymond R. Smoker of Newport News; and six grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 16, in Providence Mennonite Church by Rev. J. Otis Yoder and assisted by Bishop Aaron F. Stoltzfus and Bishop Ira A. Kurtz. Burial was made in the church cemetery.