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Denny Dick Smith, 82, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2021, at 3:05 p.m. with his wife Fran Smith at his side. He had been ill since late December of 2020 and had been in four hospitals and in Western Prairie Health & Rehab Facility in Ulysses since April 9.

Denny was born on September 8, 1939, to Darrell and Lela (Davis) Smith at Rexford, Kansas. His was the last home birth in that small town.

Denny excelled in music, especially singing. He sang in the church in Rexford on many occasions, and he majored in Voice with a minor in Instrumental at Bethany Lutheran College in Lindsbor...