Inez Smith, 89, of Grinnell died on February 15, 2022, at Windsor Manor, in Grinnell. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Sunday, February 20th, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with Rev. Elliott Francis, Hospice of the Midwest Chaplain. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Kyle, Brent and Curtis Smith. Honorary bearers will be her great-grandchildren, Ashleigh, Nile, Sullivan, Wyatt, and Harper Smith. Burial will be in Westfield Cemetery, south of Grinnell. Visitation with the Smith family present will be held one hour prior to the service, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The family is requesting facemasks be worn. Memorial contributions may be designated to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-9959. The service will be lived-streamed on the Smith Funeral Home and Crematory Facebook page. Inez was born on April 16, 1932, in Leon, Iowa, the daughter of William Roy and Bertha Jennings McDougal. She was raised in Leon and was a 1950 graduate of Leon High School. On December 25, 1951, she was united in marriage to Lloyd Arthur Smith, in Leon. The couple lived in Ames and while Lloyd served in the United States Army, they lived in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. They later returned to Leon and then lived in Farmington and Sully prior to moving to Grinnell in 1971. She had been a resident at Windsor Manor since 2011. Inez was employed at Grinnell Re-Insurance Company for many years and also owned and operated a ceramics business from her home where she was a classroom instructor teaching ceramics. She knew the value of hard work and how to run a successful business. She was very artistic! Inez enjoyed antiquing and was a collector of many things. She was a "country girl" at heart, enjoyed the outdoors and nature, and tending to her flower garden. She enjoyed listening to country and western music. She and Lloyd were members of the Grinnell Twirler's, a square dance group for many years. Inez loved to entertain friends and family and will be remembered for the best fried chicken and mashed potatoes you ever ate!! Family was everything to her and was the happiest when they visited or called. She is survived by her two sons, Doug (Judy) Smith of Grinnell and Keith (Kim) Smith of Elk Grove, California; three grandchildren, Kyle (Andrea), Brent (Aundi), and Curtis (Kendra) Smith; five great-grandchildren, Ashleigh, Nile, Sullivan, Wyatt, and Harper Smith; and four siblings Kenneth McDougal of Peabody, Massachusetts, Gerald (Mary) McDougal of Cameron, Missouri, Mildred Albaugh of Leon, and Loretta (Bob) Robison of St. Charles, Iowa. She was preceded n death by her parents; her husband, Lloyd in 2013; and a brother, Charles McDougal at the age of two.