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WILLIAM FREDERICK SMART

WILLIAM FREDERICK SMART obituary

WILLIAM SMART Obituary

The Smart family regrets to announce the passing of WILLIAM "BILL" FREDERICK SMART at 94 years of age, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is survived by his beloved wife Joan; his daughters Joanna (Smart) Todd and Christina Smart; his grandson Patrick Todd and son-in-law Bill Todd.Originally from Bradford, England, Bill moved to Bermuda in 1963, starting as a pressman with the Globe Press, eventually becoming the manager and running the business until he left the island in 1985. It was also in Bermuda that he met his wife of 57 years, Joan, and where his two daughters, Joanna and Christina were born.In Bermuda, Bill built a wonderful life for himself and his family, gaining many lifelong, cherished friends. An avid cricket player and golfer, Bill was a member of both Castle Harbour and Belmont golf clubs. His 22 years in Bermuda with his family and friends formed some of his happiest memories. A memorial service will be held at St. James Episcopal Church in Potomac, Maryland, on Friday, July 18th, 2025, at 11am. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Bill's name to City Swing Foundation, a non-profit that provides access to golf to underserved and underrepresented communities.IN LOVING MEMORY OF BILL SMART | CitySwing Foundation (Powered by Donorbox)
Published by The Royal Gazette on Jul. 16, 2025.

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Brian Douglas Dewar

July 21, 2025

I worked with Bill from 1973 to 1985 at The Globe Press in Bermuda. I applied for the position as a letterpress machine operator, along with about forty other hopeful applicants. I think that I was successful because of Bill reviewing my humorous application, and his dry British sense of humor. There were a couple of other unimportant things such as qualifications etc.
Bill was a great guy to work with and managed to move the company forward and expand into offset printing. Bill arranged for me to attend a training course at the Heidelberg Printing Machine factory in Germany, which certainly helped me when I left Bermuda to go to California with my future wife Sandy in 1989.
During the 12 years that I worked with Bill, I managed to meet his wonderful wife Joan, and their two very intelligent daughters Joanna and Chrissy who are now doing very well in the US. Working at the Globe Press with Bill never seemed to feel like a job as it was a well organized fun company. After Bill and the family moved to the US we kept in touch and met them in Carmel Ca for a weekend. I'll miss the phone chats that Bill and I often had discussing Bermuda life, politics, Great Britain and just about everything else.

Debbie Balding

July 16, 2025

We are so very sorry at the news of uncle Bill´s passing and cherish the wonderful memories we have of him and the family. Thinking of you all at this sad time and sending our Yorkshire love to you all. Forever in our hearts john sue Debbie and Mark and all the family xxxxx

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Memorial Events
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Jul

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Memorial service

11:00 a.m.

St. James Episcopal Church

Potomac, MD