Robert Allen Smith
September 16, 1937 – May 30, 2021
Robert Allen Smith, ----------, Shalimar Florida, passed away peacefully at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center on May 30, 2021. He was 83 years of age. Present at his side was his wife of 63 years, Janet, and their three children Beverly, Allen "Zack" and Elizabeth.
Robert was born at his grandparent's farm in Brimley, Michigan on September 16, 1937. He is survived by his wife Janet (Garbrecht), his children Beverly (Ronald) Bissett of Gladstone, MI, Allen "Zack" (Connie) of Navarre, FL, and Elizabeth (Kenneth) Becker of Naples, FL, a brother Larry of Stanwood, MI and a sister, Sharon Hillock of Dafter, MI. He is also survived by ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Gordon Henry Smith and his mother, Elise Mildred (Allen) Smith.
Robert was raised not on his grandparent's farm, but on a farm about two miles south of the town of Dafter, MI. In 1955 the family moved to a new home south of Sault Ste Marie. In 1958, he and Janet married and he joined the U.S. Air Force, where, after basic training, he was assigned to Keesler AFB, MS. Janet joined him there and they were never apart from that time on.
After his active-duty tour in the Air Force, Robert worked for various defense contractors that took the family to California and New Mexico. While in New Mexico he spent a year and a half in the New Mexico Air National Guard. They finally relocated to Gladstone, Michigan, where he worked for Michigan Bell Telephone. He enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard in 1972 and served until his retirement from the military in 1987 as a Master Sergeant (E-8). He retired from AT&T in 1990 and moved to Naples, FL. In 2009 they moved to Milton, FL and then in 2020 they relocated to Bob Hope Village in Shalimar Florida.
Robert will be cremated and his interment will take place at Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola Florida. In lieu of flowers, the Smith family requests that donations be made to the Bob Hope Village Widow's Fund in Bob's name.
Published by The Sault News from Jul. 6 to Jul. 8, 2021.
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Name: SMITH, ROBERT ALLEN
Rank & Branch: A1C US AIR FORCE
War Period: VIETNAM
Date of Birth: 09/16/1937
Date of Death: 05/30/2021
Buried At: SECTION E-18 ROW C SITE 1
Cemetery: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY
September 16, 1937 – May 30, 2021
Robert Allen Smith, ----------, Shalimar Florida, passed away peacefully at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center on May 30, 2021. He was 83 years of age. Present at his side was his wife of 63 years, Janet, and their three children Beverly, Allen "Zack" and Elizabeth.
Robert was born at his grandparent's farm in Brimley, Michigan on September 16, 1937. He is survived by his wife Janet (Garbrecht), his children Beverly (Ronald) Bissett of Gladstone, MI, Allen "Zack" (Connie) of Navarre, FL, and Elizabeth (Kenneth) Becker of Naples, FL, a brother Larry of Stanwood, MI and a sister, Sharon Hillock of Dafter, MI. He is also survived by ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Gordon Henry Smith and his mother, Elise Mildred (Allen) Smith.
Robert was raised not on his grandparent's farm, but on a farm about two miles south of the town of Dafter, MI. In 1955 the family moved to a new home south of Sault Ste Marie. In 1958, he and Janet married and he joined the U.S. Air Force, where, after basic training, he was assigned to Keesler AFB, MS. Janet joined him there and they were never apart from that time on.
After his active-duty tour in the Air Force, Robert worked for various defense contractors that took the family to California and New Mexico. While in New Mexico he spent a year and a half in the New Mexico Air National Guard. They finally relocated to Gladstone, Michigan, where he worked for Michigan Bell Telephone. He enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard in 1972 and served until his retirement from the military in 1987 as a Master Sergeant (E-8). He retired from AT&T in 1990 and moved to Naples, FL. In 2009 they moved to Milton, FL and then in 2020 they relocated to Bob Hope Village in Shalimar Florida.
Robert will be cremated and his interment will take place at Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola Florida. In lieu of flowers, the Smith family requests that donations be made to the Bob Hope Village Widow's Fund in Bob's name.
Published by The Sault News from Jul. 6 to Jul. 8, 2021.
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Name: SMITH, ROBERT ALLEN
Rank & Branch: A1C US AIR FORCE
War Period: VIETNAM
Date of Birth: 09/16/1937
Date of Death: 05/30/2021
Buried At: SECTION E-18 ROW C SITE 1
Cemetery: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY
Robert Allen Smith
September 16, 1937 – May 30, 2021
Robert Allen Smith, ----------, Shalimar Florida, passed away peacefully at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center on May 30, 2021. He was 83 years of age. Present at his side was his wife of 63 years, Janet, and their three children Beverly, Allen "Zack" and Elizabeth.
Robert was born at his grandparent's farm in Brimley, Michigan on September 16, 1937. He is survived by his wife Janet (Garbrecht), his children Beverly (Ronald) Bissett of Gladstone, MI, Allen "Zack" (Connie) of Navarre, FL, and Elizabeth (Kenneth) Becker of Naples, FL, a brother Larry of Stanwood, MI and a sister, Sharon Hillock of Dafter, MI. He is also survived by ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Gordon Henry Smith and his mother, Elise Mildred (Allen) Smith.
Robert was raised not on his grandparent's farm, but on a farm about two miles south of the town of Dafter, MI. In 1955 the family moved to a new home south of Sault Ste Marie. In 1958, he and Janet married and he joined the U.S. Air Force, where, after basic training, he was assigned to Keesler AFB, MS. Janet joined him there and they were never apart from that time on.
After his active-duty tour in the Air Force, Robert worked for various defense contractors that took the family to California and New Mexico. While in New Mexico he spent a year and a half in the New Mexico Air National Guard. They finally relocated to Gladstone, Michigan, where he worked for Michigan Bell Telephone. He enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard in 1972 and served until his retirement from the military in 1987 as a Master Sergeant (E-8). He retired from AT&T in 1990 and moved to Naples, FL. In 2009 they moved to Milton, FL and then in 2020 they relocated to Bob Hope Village in Shalimar Florida.
Robert will be cremated and his interment will take place at Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola Florida. In lieu of flowers, the Smith family requests that donations be made to the Bob Hope Village Widow's Fund in Bob's name.
Published by The Sault News from Jul. 6 to Jul. 8, 2021.
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Name: SMITH, ROBERT ALLEN
Rank & Branch: A1C US AIR FORCE
War Period: VIETNAM
Date of Birth: 09/16/1937
Date of Death: 05/30/2021
Buried At: SECTION E-18 ROW C SITE 1
Cemetery: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY
September 16, 1937 – May 30, 2021
Robert Allen Smith, ----------, Shalimar Florida, passed away peacefully at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center on May 30, 2021. He was 83 years of age. Present at his side was his wife of 63 years, Janet, and their three children Beverly, Allen "Zack" and Elizabeth.
Robert was born at his grandparent's farm in Brimley, Michigan on September 16, 1937. He is survived by his wife Janet (Garbrecht), his children Beverly (Ronald) Bissett of Gladstone, MI, Allen "Zack" (Connie) of Navarre, FL, and Elizabeth (Kenneth) Becker of Naples, FL, a brother Larry of Stanwood, MI and a sister, Sharon Hillock of Dafter, MI. He is also survived by ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Gordon Henry Smith and his mother, Elise Mildred (Allen) Smith.
Robert was raised not on his grandparent's farm, but on a farm about two miles south of the town of Dafter, MI. In 1955 the family moved to a new home south of Sault Ste Marie. In 1958, he and Janet married and he joined the U.S. Air Force, where, after basic training, he was assigned to Keesler AFB, MS. Janet joined him there and they were never apart from that time on.
After his active-duty tour in the Air Force, Robert worked for various defense contractors that took the family to California and New Mexico. While in New Mexico he spent a year and a half in the New Mexico Air National Guard. They finally relocated to Gladstone, Michigan, where he worked for Michigan Bell Telephone. He enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard in 1972 and served until his retirement from the military in 1987 as a Master Sergeant (E-8). He retired from AT&T in 1990 and moved to Naples, FL. In 2009 they moved to Milton, FL and then in 2020 they relocated to Bob Hope Village in Shalimar Florida.
Robert will be cremated and his interment will take place at Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola Florida. In lieu of flowers, the Smith family requests that donations be made to the Bob Hope Village Widow's Fund in Bob's name.
Published by The Sault News from Jul. 6 to Jul. 8, 2021.
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Name: SMITH, ROBERT ALLEN
Rank & Branch: A1C US AIR FORCE
War Period: VIETNAM
Date of Birth: 09/16/1937
Date of Death: 05/30/2021
Buried At: SECTION E-18 ROW C SITE 1
Cemetery: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY
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