Memorial services in memory of Ruth K. Smith will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10, in Grace Lutheran Church Chapel, 500 N. Kniss Ave., Luverne. Ruth Kathryn Smith, 87, died March 10, 2003, at Tuff Memorial Home, Hills. Ruth Searles was born to Jesse and Clara (Warne) Searles on Jan. 3, 1916, near Rock Rapids, Iowa. When she was five, she moved to a farm near Beaver Creek. She later graduated from Beaver Creek High School. She married Henry Smith on July 11, 1937. The couple lived in Adrian where they owned and operated Smith’s Bakery for 44 years. Mr. Smith died in 1983. She moved to Luverne that same year. She lived in Luverne until her health required a move to Tuff Memorial Home April 30, 2001. Survivors include three sons, Richard (Jacqueline) Smith, San Francisco, Calif., Robert (Daryl) Smith, St. Louis, Mo., and Donald Smith, Taipei, Taiwan; seven grandchildren; two brothers, James Searles, White Bear Lake, Joseph Searles, St. Paul; and two sisters, JoLoyce Holmes, Lusby, Md., Clevonne Jeka, Calumet City, Ill.In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Tuff Memorial Home, Hills.