COUNCIL #731 - WAUKEGAN COUNCIL #731 REMEMBERS |
Robert Russell Smith, Sr., 80, died peacefully at home with his family around him on 9-15-16. Born in Chicago to Gerald John Smith and Marion Rita Griffin, he was raised in Waukegan, graduated from Immaculate Conception grade school and Waukegan Township High School. He worked as an electrician, doing his apprenticeship at U. S. Steel Wire Mill, then OMC Johnson Outboards, and retiring from Abbott Laboratories. He served in the U. S. Army from 1958 to 1961, serving in Korea, Fort Riley, KS, and Fort Carson, CO, in the Signal Corps. In 1963 he married Stephanie Martin in Chicago, IL. He was active on the Winthrop Harbor Volunteer Fire Department from 1967 to 1993. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Stephanie; his children: Betsy (Don) Fiedler, Alicia McCoy, Rob (Tammy) Smith, and Jerry (Carrie) Smith. He loved his 12 grandchildren, Thomas Murphy, Abbey Smith, Rita McCoy (Matt) Ludtke, Aurora McCoy, Max Fiedler, Mitch Fiedler, Gerald Smith, Wyatt Smith, Russ Smith, Alivia Smith, Ernie Smith, and Ivy Fiedler, and his great-granddaughter, Trinity Murphy. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister and brother-in-law Alice Jane and Frank Ryan, and infant daughter Jennifer Zell Smith. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lake-county-news-sun/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=181489702#sthash.juuSRmjh.dpuf |