Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGerald Gordon Smith 
Birth24 Sep 1917, Endicott, Broome Co, NY
Death23 Apr 1974, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
BurialSaint Mary’s Cem, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
Misc. Notes
Son of Howard Smith and Blanche Reasor
His Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation form lists his birth as 24 Sept 1917, and his 1st Lt. service periods in 556th AAA BU as:
Domestic -
22 Sept 1942 - 12 Nov 1944
26 June 1945 - 16 Dec 1945
Foreign -
13 Nov 1944 - 25 Jun 1945
It was filed in Feb 1950, with his address in Scranton.
His Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation form lists his birth as 24 Sept 1917, and his 1st Lt. service periods in 556th AAA BU as:
Domestic -
22 Sept 1942 - 12 Nov 1944
26 June 1945 - 16 Dec 1945
Foreign -
13 Nov 1944 - 25 Jun 1945
It was filed in Feb 1950, with his address in Scranton.
Spouses
Birth6 Jul 1922, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
Death13 Feb 1987, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
BurialSaint Mary’s Cem, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
Occupationsaleswoman
FatherJoseph Francis Sporer (1886-1964)
MotherLeopoldine Amalia Hirschler (1885-1965)
Misc. Notes
Lived in Scranton in the 1950’s
[Obituary] The Times-Tribune, Scranton PA - Saturday, 14 February 1987, pg 4
Phyllis Smith
Mrs. Phyllis Smith, 63, of 544 Jefferson Ave., died Friday at home after a lenghty illness. Her husband, Gerald, died in 1974. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Joseph and Leopoldina Hirschler Sporer, she was a member of St. Marys Assumption Church and its Altar and Rosary Society.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Suzanne Ciscoe, Denville, N.J.; Mrs. Geraldine McDonald, with whom she resided, and Ms. Christine M. Smith, Shawnee-on-the-Delaware; a son, Michael Joseph, Norristown, Montgomery County; two brothers, Joseph A. and Donald E. Sporer, both of Kahogan Estates, Madisonville; a granddaughter, Jennifer Lynn Ciscoe. She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy, and a brother, Edmund.
The funeral will be Monday from the August J. Haas Funeral Home, 202 Pittston Ave., with Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Marys Church. Interment, parish cemetery. Viewing, Sunday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
[Obituary] The Times-Tribune, Scranton PA - Saturday, 14 February 1987, pg 4
Phyllis Smith
Mrs. Phyllis Smith, 63, of 544 Jefferson Ave., died Friday at home after a lenghty illness. Her husband, Gerald, died in 1974. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Joseph and Leopoldina Hirschler Sporer, she was a member of St. Marys Assumption Church and its Altar and Rosary Society.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Suzanne Ciscoe, Denville, N.J.; Mrs. Geraldine McDonald, with whom she resided, and Ms. Christine M. Smith, Shawnee-on-the-Delaware; a son, Michael Joseph, Norristown, Montgomery County; two brothers, Joseph A. and Donald E. Sporer, both of Kahogan Estates, Madisonville; a granddaughter, Jennifer Lynn Ciscoe. She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy, and a brother, Edmund.
The funeral will be Monday from the August J. Haas Funeral Home, 202 Pittston Ave., with Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Marys Church. Interment, parish cemetery. Viewing, Sunday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Marriage14 Feb 1946, Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
ChildrenSuzanne Margaret (1946-1989)