Services: Funeral services for Kay will be held at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, August 9th at 11 a.m. with Rev. John Boley and Rev. Melody Olin officiating.

Visitation: The family will receive friends on Friday, August 8th from 4-8 p.m. at Clark Family Funeral Chapel and on Saturday, August 9th at 10 a.m. until time of service at the church.

Kay Ann Krapohl-Smith, 67, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the Hospice House in Mt. Pleasant.
Funeral services for Kay will be held at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, August 9th at 11 a.m. with Rev. John Boley and Rev. Melody Olin officiating. Interment will follow in the Riverside Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 8th from 4-8 p.m. at Clark Family Funeral Chapel and on Saturday, August 9th at 10 a.m. until time of service at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mount Pleasant Area Community Foundation – Kay Smith Memorial Fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.

Kay was born on July 1, 1941 in Detroit, the daughter of Robert and Geraldine (Oviatt) Krapohl. She received a bachelor degree in Journalism from The University of Michigan. Kay was a previous owner of Smith Communications, part owner of Krapohl Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, co-owner of Kopy Korner in Mt. Pleasant and Big Rapids, writer in Public Relations at Morbark Industries and for the Guildhall Corporation in Copenhagen, Denmark and a Technical Writer for Health Systems Associates in Ann Arbor. Kay was a secretary and executive board member for Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation, past public relations chairperson, Women’s Intitiative fund honorary chairperson and co-founder, Board Member/treasurer for Michigan Hemingway Society, Trustee for Art Reach Board of trustees, past board member for the Wesley Foundation, CMU, Chairperson for Central Michigan Community Hospital Advisory Taskforce, member of Vision Group, Morning Sun Editorial Board and Big Rapids Women’s Caucus. Kay was also a past member of the Pardee Cancer Treatment Fund, past chairperson of Administrative Council at Coomer United Methodist Church, past member of Art Reach Anniversary Celebration Committee, Past President and founding member of Hospice of Central Michigan. She was past president of Art Reach of Mid Michigan and also served on the committee which founded Art Reach and purchased its building and she was past president of Mecosta County Area Chamber of Commerce and was the first woman president, founded its Ambassador Club and received award for setting record in member recruitment. Kay was past Vice-Chairperson for Mt. Pleasant City Charter Commission, rewriting City Charter, past board member of Central Michigan Community Hospital Auxiliaries, past board member of United Way of Mecosta County and past member of CMCH Advanced Life Support Fund Drive Board, Central Michigan Community Hospital Ball Committee, Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Committee, Junior Achievement Advisor at Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Committee in Big Rapids and she was the recipient of the Mt. Pleasant 2006 Citizen of the Year Award, a founding member of the League of Women Voters in Mt. Pleasant, organizer for the Women’s Initiative and she volunteered to help plan the hospital ball for Central Michigan Community Hospital, over the years.
Kay was survived by her children, Mark Howard (Shelly) Smith of Mt. Pleasant, Mary Beth (Chris) Murphy of North Wales, PA and Angela Kay (Ben) Simpson of Cambridge, England; grandchildren, Alec, Samuel and Hayden Smith and Connor and Trevor Murphy and sister, Barbara (Paul) Birckner.
Kay was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Nora Thuma in 1998.

Memorials: Memorial contributions may be made to the Mount Pleasant Area Community Foundation – Kay Smith Memorial Fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.

Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery (Map)

Location: Clark Funeral Chapel (Map)

Church: First United Methodist Church (Map)

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