Kent Larimer Smith

b. 11 June 1919, d. 14 September 2006
  • Kent Larimer Smith was born on 11 June 1919 in Colorado.
  • Walter J. Smith and Dorian O. Haus appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Chaffee County, Colorado, living on the county road.. Other members of the household included Kent Larimer Smith.
  • William J. Haus and Martha Y. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Kortz, Chaffee County, Colorado. Other members of the household included Kent Larimer Smith, Dorian O. Haus, Walter J. Smith, Kedric F. Smith and Shayle Webster Smith. Walter Smith is also enumerated with his mother in Long Beach, California, apparently having gone there to find work.
  • Kent Larimer Smith died on 14 September 2006 at age 87.
  • She was interred at Cathedral in the Pines Memorial Gardens, Tyler, Smith County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 15 September 2006 in the Houston Chronicle: Kent Larimer Swift, 87, passed away on September 14, 2006. Kent was born on June 11, 1919 and raised in Salida, Co. with two brothers Shale and Rick Smith. She and eleven of her high school girl friends formed the infamous Twiddle Twaddle Twelve (TTT). They have remained close friends for over 60 years. Kent married her high school sweetheart George Swift in 1939 in Houston, and raised their three sons in Tyler, Texas. In 1999 she became a resident of The Terrace at Willowbrook in Houston where she lived for the past 7 years. Kent is survived by her sons Steve Swift and wife, Lynn who reside in Jakarta Indonesia and Dennis Swift and wife Gloria of Houston, her granddaughter Jackie of Tyler, Tx. and grandsons, Brett & Chris of Houston and Graham and wife Miriam of Atlanta, Ga. Kent is preceded in death by her husband George, her son Terry, granddaughter Kelly and brother Shale Smith. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Klein Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m. at Cathedral in the Pines cemetery in Tyler, Tx.
  • Last Edited: 27 Jan 2011