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David L. Smith

Portage, Michigan

04/21/1960 - 09/26/2025

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September 26, 2025
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Portage, Michigan

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David Loomis Smith, aged 65, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025. He graduated from Loy Norrix High School and Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Education degree. David taught for 30 years at Vicksburg Community Schools, starting as a middle school science teacher and later...

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Thanks for being a great teacher and coach! I am sure you positively impacted many lives over the years.

Mr Smith was an amazing teacher, I was a graduate of 2024 and I had 4 classes with him. These photos are the precious few I have of him and our years together. These photos few I selected of our creative writing class of 4-7 people through the semester, he helped me put windshield wipers on my car, we had a pizza celebration party for fun, a Christmas celebration, and I included a picture of him winning experience in education because one of my creative classmates nominated him (:

Mr. Smith will be deeply missed by every student that ever crossed his path. I am forever grateful to have known him, and to have learned from him. Rest in peace.

Coach Smith saw talent in and inspired his students, both on the track and in the classroom. He will be missed and remembered dearly by his students as, above all, a kind and gentle human being with a love and deep respect for life. Thanks for everything, Coach.

You will be greatly missed, Dave! Rest in peace.