Igor Smirnov

Igor Vasili (Ed) Smirnov

84, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 of an apparent heart attack. Ed was born in Harbin, China to Evfalia Vasilievna Feskova and Vasili (Bill) Thomas Smirnov. He immigrated to the United States as a young boy and grew up in San Francisco. He earned a degree at University of San Francisco after which he joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. He met Irene Alexandrovna Druzhinina and married her in 1953; they had two boys, Mark and Michael. Ed made a career of the military and was stationed across the country. He flew the F-84 fighter/bomber and the F-100 Super Sabre, among others. He also had tours in France and Korea before retiring to Klamath Falls, Oregon in 1972. Following his retirement, Ed returned to college and earned a degree at Oregon Institute of Technology. After the boys were grown, Ed and Irene bought and managed rental properties in Klamath Falls, and they ran race horses. Ed enjoyed reading, was an avid 49ers and Giants fan and passionately followed politics. In 1992 Ed and Irene returned to California, living in Sunnyvale, and finally settling back in San Francisco in 2011. Ed is survived by his son Mark Smirnov and Mark's daughter Kristen and by son Michael Smirnov with Michael's sons Zachary and Jake. Ed was preceded in death by his wife Irene. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 on Friday, September 20th, 2013, at the Serbian Cemetery in Colma, California, followed by military honors graveside.