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Obituary for Nellann Smith
Nellann Smith, age 79 of Knox, passed away Monday, November 24, 2025. Nellann was born October 31, 1946 in Jackson, Michigan. She was very proud to have graduated from the St. Joseph Academy, an all-girls boarding school in Adrian, Michigan which was run by the Adrian Dominican Sisters. She then married Ronald Collins Smith, who preceded her in death in 2003. She had made a career in the banking industry, starting out as a teller at the First National Bank of Elkhart and then retiring from the wire transfer department at Key Bank in Elkhart. In her retirement she worked as a secretary/receptionist at the M.C. Smith Funeral Home in Knox. She is survived by her two sons, Mark C. Smith (Lori) of Knox and Brian E. Smith (Kelly) of Elkhart, three sisters, Judy Kay Lockwood of Goshen, Elizabeth Higgins of Foley, Alabama and Marylynn Dibble of Foley, Alabama, her grandchildren, Hunter C. Smith (Tia), Harper D. Smith, Megan Morton (Zack), McKinzy Smith (Aidan Mais), Mya Lefebvre (Roman), and Madelyn Smith, and her great grandchildren, Elise and Alaya Smith, Jameson Morton, and Matteo Lefebvre. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Howard Bruce and Phyllis Kathryn (Walker) Bruce, and a brother, Phillip Bruce.
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Previous Events
Visitation
Monday
1
Dec
11:00 AM
- 12:45 PM
MC Smith Funeral Home
153 E. Washington St
Knox, IN 46534
Service
Monday
1
Dec
1:00 PM
- 1:45 PM
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
406 E. Washington St.
Knox, IN 46534
Cemetery Details
Location
Round Lake Cemetery
3500 S. 150 E.
Knox, IN 46534
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