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April 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 10, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 11, 2014 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends wishing to make a donation in Bill’s memory are asked to please consider the Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997, www.tchospice.org, or the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer St., Hackensack, NJ 07601, www.cancer.org.
William C. Smyth of Hobe Sound FL and formerly of Wayne NJ age 88.
Grandson of Irish immigrants, this Marine, husband, father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather is survived by his wife of 67 years Eileen. Born in Newark in 1925 he was raised in East Orange. He left high school at age 17 to join the US Marines and served in the South Pacific during WWII. Returning from service in 1946 as a corporal, he joined NJ Bell Telephone as a splicer’s helper and worked his way from the crafts and through management levels retiring in 1984 as an Area Manager.
Although his professional work was in management since the 1950s, Bill never lost his enthusiasm and talent for working with his hands. He actually invented what is now called DIY. Whether the problem was mechanical, electrical, electronic, plumbing, carpentry, automotive or even pouring concrete, he took care of it all himself. An avid golfer, he lived on a course in Florida playing nearly every day. He enjoyed a 10 day golf trip to Ireland with his sons when he was 79 and walked all the courses.
William is also survived by his daughter Nancy Smyth Yannetti formerly of Northvale NJ, sons Kenneth W. Smyth and wife Anne of West Friendship MD, Steven M. Smyth and wife Claire of Kennett Square PA, David J. Smyth and his wife Christine of Wayne NJ, grandchildren Alison Smyth Lynn and husband Jason of Alexandria VA, Lyndsay Smyth of Alexandria VA, Jillayne Smyth of Washington DC, Kevin Smyth of NYC, Christa Smyth of Washington DC, Daniel Smyth and Stephanie Smyth of Wayne NJ, and Great grandchildren Preston and Harrison Lynn of Alexandria VA.
He was predeceased by his parents William F. and Lucille Smyth and by his beloved younger brother John.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 10, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 11, 2014 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends wishing to make a donation in Bill’s memory are asked to please consider the Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997, www.tchospice.org, or the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer St., Hackensack, NJ 07601, www.cancer.org.
April 4, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, April 10, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday, April 11, 2014 from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends wishing to make a donation in Bill’s memory are asked to please consider the Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997, www.tchospice.org, or the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer St., Hackensack, NJ 07601, www.cancer.org.
William C. Smyth of Hobe Sound FL and formerly of Wayne NJ age 88.
Grandson of Irish immigrants, this Marine, husband, father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather is survived by his wife of 67 years Eileen. Born in Newark in 1925 he was raised in East Orange. He left high school at age 17 to join the US Marines and served in the South Pacific during WWII. Returning from service in 1946 as a corporal, he joined NJ Bell Telephone as a splicer’s helper and worked his way from the crafts and through management levels retiring in 1984 as an Area Manager.
Although his professional work was in management since the 1950s, Bill never lost his enthusiasm and talent for working with his hands. He actually invented what is now called DIY. Whether the problem was mechanical, electrical, electronic, plumbing, carpentry, automotive or even pouring concrete, he took care of it all himself. An avid golfer, he lived on a course in Florida playing nearly every day. He enjoyed a 10 day golf trip to Ireland with his sons when he was 79 and walked all the courses.
William is also survived by his daughter Nancy Smyth Yannetti formerly of Northvale NJ, sons Kenneth W. Smyth and wife Anne of West Friendship MD, Steven M. Smyth and wife Claire of Kennett Square PA, David J. Smyth and his wife Christine of Wayne NJ, grandchildren Alison Smyth Lynn and husband Jason of Alexandria VA, Lyndsay Smyth of Alexandria VA, Jillayne Smyth of Washington DC, Kevin Smyth of NYC, Christa Smyth of Washington DC, Daniel Smyth and Stephanie Smyth of Wayne NJ, and Great grandchildren Preston and Harrison Lynn of Alexandria VA.
He was predeceased by his parents William F. and Lucille Smyth and by his beloved younger brother John.
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