Donna May Dishman/Smith
May 30^th, 1936 ~ August 2^nd, 2009
Memorial & Celebration of Life Services held at 6:30 pm Sunday August 9^th, 2009 at the Little White Church of Oatman.

        Donna May Dishman/Smith, 73, of rural Hoyt, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 2, 2009, at The Pines in Holton from complications of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Donna May Dishman was born in Manhattan, to Calvin and Ruth (Harrison) Dishman along with her twin sister LaViolette June (Vi) on May 30, 1936. She grew up in the Stockdale community and later Manhattan.

        Donna married Clyde E. Smith, June 28, 1952, and they settled in St. George. They had 3 children: Leland, Linda, and Kipp. In addition, the house was always open to friends, family and anyone needing help. Children held a special place in Donna's heart and she always made sure that they were clean, well-fed, and learning God's word, she made it fun and shared her joy.

        In her early years, Donna was active with the Bible Baptist Church in Wamego where she was a Sunday school teacher. While at Hoyt, she attended the Pottawatomie United Methodist Church at Mayetta.

        Clyde preceded Donna in death, as did Leland, both in 1994, and her twin sister Vi in 2008. Donna is survived by her children: Linda and Tom Woodard of Oatman, AZ, Kipp and Pam Smith of St. George; grandchildren: Tam Smith, Khai Smith and Tammy (Chris) Fisher along with their mother Hong-Y; Jessica Smith and her mother Vicki; Dakota, Cheyenne and Bianca Smith and their mother Sylvia; Becky (Jax) Hilton, Erin (Mike) Lewis, Ida Smith, and Erica Smith; great-grandchildren: Matthew and Ashley Hilton, Aidan Smith, Kaylee, Hannah, Ethan and Noelle Lewis, Taralynn Smith and Dominick Fisher. She is survived by siblings: Mary Miller, Jerry Dishman, Calvin Dishman, all of Manhattan, and Marjo Schober of Renton, WA.
 

Linda & Parson Tom beginning Memorial Services at the Little White Church of Oatman.

Sermon August 9^th, 2009

Little White Church of Oatman ~ Donna May (Dishman/Smith) Memorial

1.     Job 14:1 Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble

a.      Job 5:6 – 9 Where do our troubles come from?

b.     Ecclesiastes 2:23 Vanity

2.     Job 14:2 Our lives as flowers of the field

a.      Job 14:3 Are we judged from Adam’s original sin or our own works?

b.     14:4 Who can bring clean out of unclean?

3.     Ecclesiastes Commentary of the Book of Ecclesiastes (The Preacher)

4.     Ecclesiastes 3:1 – 8 A Time and a Season

a.      Ecclesiastes 3:12 Rejoice, Praise God, Do good in your life

b.     3:13 Be thankful to God, enjoy His Creation, for it is a Gift of God

c.     3:17 God shall judge the righteous and the wicked

5.     II Corinthians 5:1 As we lose this house we have another house of God

a.      5:2 - 3 Desiring to be clothed upon with our house from God

b.     5:4 Being careful not letting our vanity of this world take our Godly house away

c.     5:5 God giving us the ‘Down Payment’

d.     5:6 Knowing and Understanding that there are times we are absent from our Lord

e.      5:7 We must walk by faith and not by sight

f.       5:8 We must be willing to be absent from this world and be present with our Lord

                                                              i.      Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

g.     5:9 But realize through our works whether present or absent that we shall still be in His Will and Accepted of Him!

h.     5:10 We shall all appear before the judgment seat of Christ

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Words: Joseph M. Scriven 1855 Music: Charles C. Converse 1868

Sang and performed for Mom by Linda and Parson Tom, Randy & Carrie Kennedy,
Gary Ramelot, John Henry (Jim) Loggins and Dale Smith.

What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief’s to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer.

James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only

Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge, take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.

DEUT 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:

Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised Thou wilt all our burdens bear
May we ever, Lord, be bringing all to Thee in earnest prayer.
Soon in glory bright unclouded, there will be no need for prayer
Rapture (On August ^2nd she now has been ‘caught up’ Isaiah 6 Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts ...Heaven and the whole earth is full of his glory.) praise and endless worship will be our sweet portion there.
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.