Allan “Skeet” Smith

Funeral services for Allan “Skeet” Louis Smith, 78, Owasso, OK formerly of Lawrence will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary with Rev. Eleanor McCormick presiding. Entombment will follow at Memorial Park Columbarium. Mr. Smith died Friday, January 15, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. After a long illness.

He was born January 9, 1938 in Topeka the son of Allan “Bill” and Mary E. (Henneberg) Smith.

He graduated from Highland Park High School and attended Washburn University.

He served in the United States Naval Reserves; as Chairman of Rural Water District #4, Topeka. He served on the Shawnee County Regional Planning Commission; as President of the Kansas Limestone Association; on the Board of Directors of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.

He was a member of Kappa Sigma Social Fraternity and was the 1974 Kansas Bowling Association singles champion.

He was the former business manager for the N.R. Hamm Companies of Perry until his retirement in 1990.

He married his wife Virginia in 1977, she survives. Other survivors include one sister, Velora Fasching, Lawrence; three daughters, Kathi Smith, Topeka, KS, Susan Allen, and husband, Jay, Wichita, KS, Shellie Bhinhar and husband, Harpreet, Tulsa, OK; one son, Terry Copp and wife, Linda, Sunny Hills, FL; six grandchildren, Ryan Smith and wife, Jenny, Topeka, KS; Mya and Jaden Bhinhar, Tulsa, Connor and Haley Allen, Wichita, Kricia and Matthew Morris, Leesburg, GA; four great grandchildren, Cooper and Layne, Topeka, Warren and Dillon, Leesburg, GA.

The family will receive friends at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence from 6 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday January 19th.

Memorials may be made in his name to Juvenile Diabetes and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.