Florence Chaffer (Duncan) Smith, the daughter of David and Clara (Chaffer) Duncan, was born at Kanawha, Iowa, June 24, 1901.  She was youngest in a family of six daughters. Florence graduated from Kanawha Public Schools and attended Ellsworth College at Iowa Falls, Iowa.  She then taught in rural schools near Kanawha, Stilson and Corwith. On April 14, 1925, she was united in marriage to Jesse G. Smith of Britt, Iowa.  The couple farmed in the Kanawha area for many years, retiring and moving to Britt, Iowa, in 1967.  Mr. Smith died in 1978 and Mrs. Smith continued to live in her home in Britt.  She was a member of the Kanawha Methodist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. Florence passed away September 29, 1994, at the Hancock Memorial Hospital in Britt, at the age of 92 years, following an extended illness. Florence Smith is survived by her three sons and their wives: W. David and Calene Smith, Kanawha; Eugene and Marcene Smith, Humboldt; Paul and Marlene Smith, Britt. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jesse, and five sisters: Jessie, Mrs. William Norby; Estella, Mrs. J.B. Johnson; Nellie, Mrs. John Hovalnd; Amelia, who died in infacny; and Myrtle, Mrs. Clarence Jordanger.