Robert "Bob" Smith

1942 - 2024

Robert "Bob" Smith
April 20, 1942 - November 23, 2024
Robert "Bob" Smith lost his battle with cancer on November 23, 2024.
Bob was born in Wenatchee In 1942. He graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1961 where he played basketball and participated in choir and school musicals.
Bob's love of singing continued and he joined the Apollo Club from 1979-1989, where he sang as a second tenor.
Growing up in the Wenatchee Valley, he learned a lot about apples and worked most of his life with produce for various stores in the Wenatchee area, including Zittings, Prairie Market, Bob's Apple Barrel, and Pak-it-Rite!
When not working, Bob enjoyed fishing and liked taking his boat to Fish Lake.
He also loved cars and was an expert car polisher and detailer, but he left the mechanics to his cousin, Del Hurt, whom Bob often visited at Del's Triangle Texaco.
Bob was known to friends and family for his joy, laughter, and love of a good joke.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Mae Smith (Myers); father, Robert Ward Smith; and brother, Keith Dwayne Smith.
He is survived by his wife, Erin Smith; daughters, Kris DeVillers (Richard), Debra Tift (Alan), Janelle León (Manny); grandsons, Drake León, and Tony León; and Bob's sisters, Sandra Root (Dave), Tressa Compton (Mike-deceased) and Mardell Mudlin (Mark).
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Wenatchee Humane Society.
A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, December 11, at 11 a.m. at Chapel of the Valley, 378 Eastmont Ave., East Wenatchee. Arrangements by Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.