Name: Smith, Kenneth Edward
Born03/03/1929
Where Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ordained: 05/03/1955
Where Ordained: St. Meinrad, Indiana
Served From-To: 1955-1980
Died: 08/31/1985
Where Died: Starlight, Indiana
Buried: 09/04/1985-Calvary Cemetery, Priests Circle, Indianapolis.
Notes: Fr. Smith and two other priests were killed in a rectory fire in Starlight. Here is a clipping from the September 1, 1985 Indinapolis Star:
Also – The Washington Post – August 31, 1985
STARLIGHT, Ind. — Three Roman Catholic priests died when a fire roared through a rectory and thwarted firefighters who attempted to rescue the victims.
Killed in the rectory of St. John Catholic Church were the pastor, the Rev. Richard Smith, 57, and two priests from Beech Grove near Indianapolis, the Rev. William Fisher, 60, of St. Francis Hospital Center and the Rev. Kenneth Smith, 56, of St. Paul’s Hermitage.