Everett M. Smith Jr.

Everett M. Smith Jr. NORFOLK, VA - Everett M. Smith Jr., born on July 6, 1922, in Trenton, NJ, the son of the late Everett M. Sr. and Ethel Wilde Smith Miller, passed away on March 26, 2010, at the Lehigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, VA. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Eleanore B. Olszewski Smith of Chesapeake, VA; daughter, Barbara L. Smith of Chesapeake, VA; son, Christopher E. Smith of Center Port, NY; niece, Andrea Sopko of Trenton, NJ, and nephews, Dennis Sopko and Gerry Bornkamp of New York, NY. Everett lived in Trenton most of his life until he moved to Virginia in 2005. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1940. He then joined the U.S. Army and served during World War II in the Army Air Corps, spending time in North Africa and Europe. After the war, he worked for the John A. Roebling & Sons Steel Plant and then completed 30 years of service with the C.F.& I. Steel Company. Everett then worked as a housing inspector for the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for 15 years. He served as president of the Steelworkers Union Local 2111 and had held other union officer positions for many years. Everett was a member and past president of the St. Stanislaus Holy Name Society and was a church usher and lector at Mass for many years at St. Stanislaus Church. He was also a hard worker on the annual parish carnival committee, as well as many other and various church events and functions. Additionally, he was an active member of the P.T.A. and worked tirelessly to support the parish school. He was well known for his ability at the Friday night 'Catch Five' card players club. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. from the Winowicz Funeral Home, Adeline and Beatty streets. Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the Divine Mercy Parish, St. Stanislaus Church, corner of Randall and Smith streets, with Msgr. Edward J. Arnister presiding. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus parish cemetery, Hamilton Township. Calling hour will be Tuesday morning from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the funeral home.