Anna Smetana

Anna Smetana, 96, of Westphalia, died Friday, April 19, 2013, in a Temple Hospital. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Msgr. Elmer Holtman officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia.
Mrs. Smetana was born June 15, 1916 in Westphalia to Henry and Rose Mees Kaiser. She lived in the Westphalia community her entire life. She attended Westphalia schools and married Adolph Smetana on March 10, 1935. She worked as a seamstress for Wood Manufacturing in Temple. She was also a quilter, famous for her tiny stiching. She was a lifelong member of the Church of the Visitation and the altar society.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, Donald Smetana and Ray Allan Smetana.
She is survived by two sons: Bill Smetana and wife Carol and Ron Smetana and wife Diana
6 Grandchildren and 8 Great Grandchildren
Memorials may be made to the Westphalia St. Michael’s Building Fund or the charity of choice.
Visitation began at 6:00 p.m. Saturday with a Rosary at 8:00 p.m. at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud.