Herbert & Muriel Smith

A memorial service celebrating the lives of Muriel M. and Herbert A. Smith, formerly of Davenport, will be held on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport.  Friends and family are invited to gather together at 12:00pm, with a service at 1:00pm.  Interment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Herb and Muriel passed away in Topeka, Kansas within seven weeks of one another, Herb on October 2, 2018, and Muriel on November 18, 2018.

Herb was born October 21, 1930 in Davenport, and Muriel was born January 15, 1931 in Clinton, Iowa.  They both attended Davenport schools and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1953 with degrees in Pharmacy.

On August 18, 1951, they were married at Holy Family Catholic Church in Davenport.  For many years, they owned and operated Smith Drugstore, and later after moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where they opened a pharmacy in a medical complex.  They spent their entire careers working as Registered Pharmacists.  In 2008, they moved to Topeka, Kansas to be closer to family.

Survivors include their daughters, Debi (Tom) Stiles, Topeka, KS, Diane Thompson, Matthews, NC, and Sheri (Mike) Scott, Fort Mill, SC; six grandchildren, Jeff (Cyndi) Stiles, Jenni (Trevor) Holland, Greg (Ashlynn) Stiles, Valerie Scott, David (Tina) Scott, and Kyle (Kristen) Thompson.  They are also survived by six great-grandchildren, Logan and Kinsleigh Holland, Brynlee and Aria Stiles, and Addie and Lillie Thompson, as well as Muriel’s brother, Bob (Pat) McCoy, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Herb is predeceased by his parents, Bert and Florence Smith, and sisters Phyllis Briceland and Maxine Christman.  Muriel is predeceased by her parents, Mildred and Charles McCoy.

They were members of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Topeka, Kansas.