Lanny A. Smoot
August 15, 1941 ~ January 11, 2013
Lanny A. Smoot, 71, of Clayton, passed away on January 11, 2013. He was born August 15, 1941, in Mooresville, to the late Glenn and Marjorie (Hobson) Smoot.
Mr. Smoot graduated from Mooresville High School. He married his loving wife, Helen (Stone) Smoot on August 19, 1962. Lanny worked for 25 years as an operation manager for Indiana Gas, retiring in 1989. Lanny enjoyed camping and playing cards, especially euchre.
Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Helen (Stone) Smoot; grandchildren, Shelby Lynn and Samantha Nicole Bell.
Survivors include his daughters, Lisa Lawless of Mooresville and Glenda Bell of Clayton; grandchildren, James Ryan Bell, Trent Cameron Edmondson, and Benjamin Logan Bell.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 15, 2013, in the Carlisle – Branson Funeral Service & Crematory, Mooresville, with calling there from 4 – 8 p.m., on Monday, January 14, 2013. Burial will follow in White Lick Cemetery. Visit www.carlislebranson.com to share a favorite memory or to sign the online guest registry.
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So glad I was able to spend time with him both this summer on the motorcycle trip and also right before Christmas this year. I made sure I kissed his cheek atleast three times the last time I saw him. He had a huge grin on his face that I will never forget. I also made sure and said, ‘I love you’, every time I kissed him. I wish I had known him longer; but some people are only in our lives for a reason, some for a season, and others for a lifetime. I am not privy to why God put him in my life for only a short season, but I am grateful he did.
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I am so sorry to hear about Lanny. It has been many years since we worked together at Indiana Gas Company but I still vividly remember him as if it were yesterday. He was very dedicated to his job and to his family. But what made a lasting impression on me was how pleasant he was to work with regardless of the circumstances. At the time he was operations supervisor whose responsibility it was to schedule and maintain all of the company’s production information processes. An onerous task that has no equivalent in today’s world. Typically, when we worked together it was under the most intense circumstances. Lanny always remained calm and focused on the task at hand. He had the innate ability to deal with pressure while maintaining a pleasant disposition. This notion may not seem important to others but in my experience it is unusual if not unique and I have remembered him for that quality all of these years. Larry Fahrenkamp
To the family, Lanny and his mother too, were good Euchre players, friends, and neighbors. We will miss him. Ron Peterson
I have many fond memories of uncle Lanny from early childhood on. He and his family were often with us on camping trips. Lanny was always fun to be around, and we loved him dearly. I feel like we reconnected over the past few years, and that’s a real blessing. I’m so sorry that we were unable to come and pay our respects in person, but it wasn’t to be. We’re praying for the family.
That’s Kevin Stone… from Omaha…