March 28, 2024
Garden City
Morris “Dean” Smith, age 60, died passed away peacefully at his residence in Garden City, Kansas on Sunday, August 5, 2018 following a terminal cancer diagnosis.  He was born on May 23, 1958, the son of Wanda Laverne Anderon Smith in Garden City, Kansas.
A lifetime resident of Garden City, Dean worked as a carpenter and lived a simple and peaceful life, loved science and enjoyed science fiction.
Survivors include:
Six BrothersDale Smith of Holcomb, Kansas
Larry Smith of Garden CIty, Kansas
Harold Smith of Seminole, Oklahoma
Jim Smith of Garden City, Kansas
Bill Smith of Garden City, Kansas
Paul Smith
Eight SistersWanda Lee Smith of Garden City, Kansas
Judy Becker of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Connie Drilling of Shawnee, Oklahoma
Ida M. Tuttle of Shawnee, Oklahoma
Doris J. Cochran of Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mary Amos of Holcomb, Kansas
Nancy Henderson of Aurora, Colorado
Margaret Smith of St. Francis, Kansas
numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother and one brother, Gary Smith.
Cremation has been chosen and there will be no services.
Memorials in lieu of flowers are suggested to the Dean Smith Memorial Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, 620 N. Main St., Garden City, Kansas, 67846.