Seattle, Wash. - On Saturday July 23rd friends and family gathered for a graveside service to say their final farewell to Geraldine E. Smith. Geri was born in Glyndon on April 22, 1927 to Clarence and Pearl Larson.

She grew up in Badger with three brothers, Wayne, Calvin and Allan. Graduating in 1943 from Badger High School she would eventually meet and marry Rodney M. Smith also of Badger, who passed away in November 2015.

Their new life together took them to Seattle, Wash. While raising two sons and a daughter, Geri was for a time an employee of The Boeing Company. She volunteered a...