Gladys Koci Smith

1936 - 2001  (64 years)

• Name	Gladys Koci Smith
  Born	3 May 1936	Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Mar 2001	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Buried	Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I6356	Rossville
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Alfred Clare Koci,   b. 23 Aug 1893, Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Jun 1968, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Rosie Kovar Koci,   b. 9 Aug 1897, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 15 Nov 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1915	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		Marriage- Kovar, Rosie-Koci, Alfred Mr. Elfie [sic] Koci and Miss Rosie Kovar were married at Topeka last Tuesday, October 12th.
  		Anniversary- Koci, Alf and Rosie Alf Kocis Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Alf Koci of Topeka will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary October 10 with a reception in the community room in the basement of the mall at White Lakes Shopping Center. No invitations are being issued for the open house, but friends and relatives are invited to call between 2 and 5 p.m. The couple requests that no gifts be presented. Mr. and Mrs. Koci were married October 12, 1915, in Topeka. They have lived in the Auburn and Delia communities all their lives until moving to Topeka last July. Mrs. Koci was the former Rosie Kovar. They are the parents of six children: Mrs. Viola Beach, Silver Lake; Mrs. Nina Wehner, Eudora; Mrs. Gladys Smith, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Richard Koci, Merriam; Irvin Koci, Philadelphia, Pa., and Clyde Koci, Topeka. There are thirteen grand-children and five great-grandchildren.
  Family ID	F2633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernie Smith,   d. 1999
  Children	1. Robert Smith
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2018 12:39:08
  Family ID	F7063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Smith, Gladys Gladys Koci Smith Services were Thursday at Resthaven Funeral Home in Oklahoma City for Gladys Koci Smith, 64 Oklahoma City, formerly of Topeka, who died March 25,2001, at an Oklahoma City hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks. She was born May 3,1936, in Auburn, and spent her early life in the Auburn and Delia communities. She graduated from Delia High School in 1954. While in Topeka, she worked at the Supply Depot at Forbes Air Force Base. She was a civil service employee at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla., for more than 25 years before she retired. She was a member of Southwest Church of Christ in Oklahoma City and was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. Her husband, Ernie Smith, died in 1999. Survivors include a son, Robert Smith, Arlington, Texas; two brothers, Irvin Koci, Canyon Lake, Texas, and Clyde Koci, Topeka; two sisters, Viola Layman, Topeka, and Nina Wehner, Eudora; and two grandchildren. Burial was in Resthaven Memory Gardens in Oklahoma City. Memorial contributions may be made to Southwest Church of Christ, 2300 S. Agnew, Oklahoma City, 73108.