- Date Of Birth: December 4, 1938
- Date Of Death: August 15, 2012
- State: Idaho
John Simon Smit was born in Vale, Oregon on December 4, 1938; the second son of Simon (Sam) Jacob and Cornelia (Nellie) J. Smit. On August 15, 2012, John passed away at his home in Portland, Oregon surrounded by his loving wife and his four children.
John was raised in Nyssa, Oregon on the Smit family dairy farm. After high school graduation in 1958 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country until 1961. A year later he met and married Norma Jean Brown in Bellflower, California.
John and Norma later moved to Nampa, Idaho, then to Portland, Oregon where they have resided the past 35 years. John spent his career as a commercial building superintendent for Westwood Corp.
John is survived by his wife of 50 years Norma, and his children Jody (David), Mike (Jill), Greg (Jenny) and Brian (Tiffany), 11 grandchildren, 3 brothers and 4 sisters. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Sam and Casey and sisters Nellie and Mary Jean.
Research Hospital or Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.
