Kay J. Fenner Smith

Kay Smith, age 80, of Fremont, Indiana, passed away at her home, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. She was born May 4, 1937 at East Gilead, Michigan to Rolland J. and Celia M. (Sanders) Fenner. She grew up in Michigan and Texas. She graduated from Torrance High School in Torrance, California. Kay married Don L Smith in Fremont, Indiana, on February 14, 1983. Don passed away on January 3, 2020. Survivors include her children, Robert L. (Terri Sutton) Spidel, Dennis R. (Janice O’Connell) Spidel, and Thomas A. (Patricia Singletary) Spidel, step-children, David W. (Pamela Hohman) Smith, Lori A. (Dennis) DeMille, and Lisa K. (Thomas) Skeer, 21 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Sue Anne Schommer, and brother-in-law, Roger Schommer, and a step-daughter, Diana Kay Smith. Kay was a school bus driver for the Fremont Community Schools for 31 years, and then subbed for another 4 years. She held many offices in the Pokagon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and served 3 years as Indiana DAR Northern District Director and 3 years as Indiana DAR State Registrar. She was a member of the Descendants of the Mayflower Society, National Society of the New England Women, National Society of Colonial Dames, National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars, and Fremont American Legion Auxiliary # 257. She was Women of the Year for the Herald-Republican and Women of the Year for the Steuben County Republican Women’s Club. She served as Precinct Committee Person for Jamestown, Clear Lake, and Fremont Townships. She also served on the Fremont Township Advisory Board and was a Board Member of the Fremont Public Library during the building of the new library. Graveside Services will be held at 11 am Saturday, August 1, 2020 at Lakeside Cemetery, Fremont, Indiana. Chaplain Mike Collins and son, Major Mitchell Spidel will officiate the service. We will be following the CDC social distancing and facial covering guidelines. There will be a luncheon and gathering immediately following the service from 12 pm until 2 pm at the Fremont American Legion Post. Memorials in memory of Kay and Don Smith may be directed to the Diana Kay Smith Scholarship Fund in care of the Steuben County Community Foundation