WALDO "SMITTY" SMITH

Long time Alaska resident Waldo "Smitty" Smith passed away Oct. 28, 2002, at the New Mexico Veterans' Center in Truth or Consequences, N.M. He was born June 3, 1926, in Seibert, Colo. and grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

He came to Alaska in 1952, where he resided until the mid 1970's when he had to leave for health reasons.

After leaving Alaska, he came back many times to visit family and friends. While living in Alaska, he worked in the coal mines in the Valley and later in Healy, as well as on many road construction projects throughout the Valley.

He had been a member of the Palmer Moose Lodge and the Palmer Elks for many years.

He is survived by his brother Paul Smith of Cederedge, Colo., his son and daughter-in-law Michael and Betsy Smith of Fort Gibson, Okla., and daughters and sons-in-law Susan and Norman Jones and Janet and Peter Gallardo of Palmer.

He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Brendan, Bethany and Katie Smith, Julie and Michael Jones, Rebekah, Steven and Kimberly Gallardo. He will be greatly missed by his family and his friends.