Dan-Smith-Obituary

Dan L. Smith

Portland, Oregon

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SMITH, Dan L. 1915-2007

Dan L. Smith of Portland passed away peacefully in his sleep on Feb 21, 2007. He was 91.

Born in Portland on March 27, 1915, to Lloyd and Effie O. Smith, Dan was the oldest of five children. The family was raised in the Milwaukie and Gresham areas. He graduated...

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I will always remember Dan's love for gardening and nature. How he shared this love with many members of the Keppinger family there at the end of Aspen street will not be forgotten.

Dan's willingness to teach and excite others about the things he loved was a marvelous trait. I can see how he instilled this in all members of the Smith Family as our familiy members interacted over the many years.

Dan Smith will dearly be missed in this world.

--Mark, Jean, and...

To the Smith Family,

We always felt so welcome in your home, I'll never forget how we first met the Smith family, I was "beating up" Mary and Marcia came to her rescue and beat on me, funny how people come into your life! I also remember getting into trouble with Hilda for serving Marcia a meat chili on a Friday (a Catholic no-no at that time), I think I was finally forgiven when I visited Rome with my aunt and brought her something back that had been blessed by the pope!

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To All the Smith Family, You have my deepest sympathy. I have so many fond memories of your father, especially the time when we were all driving down to Cannon Beach in a convoy of sorts and one of the cars broke down. We were stranded at a gas station for hours on a particularly hot day and so Dan decided that rather than have all 12 kids run amok he'd pile us all into the one "working vehicle" and take us on to the beach, while the other adults waited for the car to be repaired! I don't...

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