SMITH, Emily

1895 - 1973  (77 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SMITH, Emily
  Birth	19 Nov 1895	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  WAC	18 Jan 1918	SLAKE
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	28 Feb 1973	Socorro, Socorro, New Mexico, United States
  Burial	6 Mar 1973	Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I42301	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SMITH, George Albert ,   b. 4 Apr 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 4 Apr 1951, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 81 years)
  Mother	WOODRUFF, Lucy Emily ,   b. 10 Jan 1869, Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United States Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United Statesd. 5 Nov 1937, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1892	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F21439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	STEWART, Robert Murray ,   b. 17 Feb 1891, Bald Hill, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States Bald Hill, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United Statesd. 13 Nov 1960, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1 Feb 1918
  Family ID	F21447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY: Emily Smith Stewart (1895-1973). Emily Smith Stewart, the first child of George Albert and Lucy E. Woodruff Smith, was born on November 19, 1895 in Salt Lake City. In her youth she attended public schools in Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah, as well as in Santa Monica, California. She attended the University of Utah and the Nurses Training School at LDS Hospital, graduating as a registered nurse in 1918. On February 1, 1918, Emily Smith married Robert Murray Stewart, the son of James G. and Lillian M. Murray Stewart. Robert Stewart was born on February 17, 1891, in Bauld Hill, Pennsylvania, and died on November 3, 1960. Robert Murray and Emily Smith Stewart had three children, Robert Murray, Jr., Shauna, and Martha ReJeune. Emily Smith Stewart devoted a great amount of time to civic and social services. During World War I and II she was a volunteer Red Cross nurse. She was chairman of the Intermountain Women's Army Corps Civilian Committee of the Ninth Service Command, served on the Utah State Committee for Russian War Relief, and worked with the USO Spar Committee and Wave Committee during World War II. In the early 1940s, she volunteered her services to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. She worked in this position until 1963, serving in official positions both in the Salt Lake County Chapter and in the National Women's Advisory Committee for the March of Dimes. In 1957, she received a citation from President Dwight D. Eisenhower for her efforts on behalf of the physically handicapped. She was selected Woman of the Year in 1966 by La Sertoma International, an auxiliary of Sertoma International. Emily Smith Stewart was affiliated with Beta Sigma Phi, Alpha Iota, Soroptomis International, the Salt Lake Council of Women, the Salt Lake County Welfare Committee, and Phi Delta Beta Mothers Club. She belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and the Daughter of Utah Pioneers. She was also treasurer of the George Washington Bi-Centennial Celebration Committee, served twelve years on the Primary General Board of the LDS Church, and was an advisor to the General Assembly of the United States delegation to the United Nations. She traveled widely in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. While visiting her daughter in Socorro, New Mexico, Emily Smith Stewart died on February 28, 1973 [Cemetery records reports died March 1, 1973].