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Leona M. Midge Smith, 84, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born March 20, 1920, in Monessen, a daughter of the late Lemuel E. Kidwell and Anna Oates Kidwell. She was a member of Order of Eastern Star 205 of Monessen and the United Methodist Church of Monessen, where she had been a member of the choir. She is survived by her husband, Jay S. Smith, whom she married March 2, 1945, two daughters, Mrs. Joe (Beverly) Valente of Crafton and Karen Stasko and companion Ted Haluschak of Speers, five grandchildren, Jenny Valente, Lisa Smith and husband Carl, Joe Valente Jr. and wife Melanie, Maria Stasko, and Jimmy Stasko Jr. and wife Margaret, five great-grandchildren, Michael, Tommy, Greg, Alyssa and Reece, and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were two brothers, Kenny and Leonard Kidwell, and three sisters, Marie Kidwell, Wanita Harper and Audra Rankin, and his son-in law, Jimmy Stasko. Friends will be received at the RHOME FUNERAL HOME INC., 1209 Grand Blvd., Monessen, a Golden Rule Funeral Home, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Friday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m., followed by interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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