- Date Of Birth: August 11, 1934
- Date Of Death: July 15, 2022
- State: Maine
Bath- Gerald H. Smith, 87, died Friday, July 15, 2022, at HillHouse Assisted Living in Bath.
He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on August 11, 1934, a son of David D. and Marjorie (Hunt) Smith.
He received his BA in Business, at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY in 1957. On December 21, 1957, he married Anne Day. Together they raised three sons, David, Frederick, and Stephen. The family lived in many different locales during Gerry’s nine years in the Marine Corps, as a helicopter pilot, and during his subsequent career in retailing, finally retiring in 1996 to an 18th Century home they restored in Dresden and called “Bonheur”.
He enjoyed fishing in Montreal, crossword puzzles daily, and helping at Goranson Farm but especially family trips with his sons and their families to Whisperwood Lodge, Belgrade, Maine.
He was predeceased by his wife, Anne Day Smith on October 31, 2018.
He is survived by three sons, David D. Smith of Woolwich, Frederick D. Smith and his wife Cynthia of Dracut, MA, and Stephen P. Smith and his wife Constance
of Front Royal, VA, as well as seven grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
