Donald Gene Smith
Apr 7, 1939 - Aug 30, 2019
Posted by: Ann Weber

Donald Gene Smith, 80, of Dewey, Oklahoma, died Friday, August 30, 2019.

Donald was born April 7, 1939, on Good Friday in Nowata County to parents Ethel Dick Smith and Hershel H. Smith. He was the youngest of five boys including Jay, Leroy, Jerry and Tom. He joked that the family was always trying to get rid of him in several different ways. He was left in the cellar, left at church, fell off the porch in a tub of water, and also followed his older brother to the creek and almost drowned.
He attended grade school in Alluwe, Oklahoma and graduated high school in 1957 in Delaware, Oklahoma. He had lifelong friendships with his school mates Joe Harrison and Jerry Powell.
Donald was a member of the Masonic Lodge and had received his 50-year pin.
He was a justice of the peace in Matfield Green, Kansas. He always said he never married anyone but did talk a few out of it.
Donald enjoyed pheasant hunting, fishing, baseball and bowling. He also made baby rings out of stainless-steel washers. He also enjoyed his pet crow, pet chicken, playing with marbles and selling milk from his own cow.
He worked all of his life. He had worked for Phillips 66 Kansas Turnpike, Lock and Electrical Shop, Phillips Station in Bartlesville, was a Gulf Station owner, Reda Pump TRW Camco Schlumberger and J and S Services.

Don was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers Jay, LeRoy and Jerry and two great grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife Betty, of the home; daughters Dianna Phelps and husband Jeff and Denise Margerum; stepdaughter Deborah Blackwell and husband Nollan; special nephew David Leslie Bradshaw and brother Tom Smith and Vicki Nett.

Visitation will begin Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 8:00 am at Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm at Stumpff Funeral Home with interment to follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery.