Burdett

Mary Ellen Smith, 75, left this world on November 18, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence.
She was born June 17, 1937 at Kingman, the daughter of Howard and Vergie Fern Dovel Cox. She was a longtime resident of Burdett, she was a retired bookkeeper, clerk, owner of Movin on Inn Restaurant and manager and dispatcher for Dean Smith Trucking.
She belonged to the United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women, Shirley Club, and Burdett Seniors all of Burdett.
On October 9, 1961, she married Dexter Dean Smith at Hutchinson. He died April 30, 2009.
Survivors include one son, Michael Smith, Burdett, two daughters, Bobbi Kollhoff and husband Richard, Pretty Prairie and Traci Hoopingarner and husband Lindsay, Linwood, one brother, Alan B. Cox, Newton and one sister, Jonni Sue Millington, Shell Knob, Missouri, 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Gary Cox.
Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at United Methodist Church, Burdett, with Pastor Brad McCoy presiding. Burial will be in Browns Grove Cemetery, Burdett.
Memorials may be sent to United Methodist Church, Burdett or Cancer Center of Kansas at Dodge City in care of Morell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 124, Larned, 67550-0124.
Personal condolences may be left at www.morellfuneralhomellc.com