Donald Smith, A Life Well Lived
Baby Don Sr. circa 1928
Four Generations, 1938
Alice Snow-Smith
Donald (3 years), Charles (1 year)
Charles
Charles (5 years), Donald (7 years)
1943
Charles, Naval Reserves
“We were always friends.”
1946
At Grandma's House, 1962
1979
Northwestern University
"I'd rather ride to war, and so I joined the Navy!"
“The Navy treated me well, and I tried to do the same for them.”
Gloria
Gloria at Delores' Wedding. St Thomas Aquinas, 1949
Eckstein and Bruscato Family, circa 1946
Little Nana Rina Eckstein, circa 1965
Don with the Ecksteins and Bruscatos
Don Sr, Gloria, and Don Jr, July 1952
Gloria and Dave
"Put him away for a few months!"
Don Jr.
Don Jr.
Dave and Don Jr.
Smith Family circa 1960
"Finally, we got our girl."
Don and Gloria's First House
Dave, Don Sr, and Don Jr, 1960
Tom, Ann, and Don
Graduation Day
Ann and Don
Ann and Don
Ann's Graduation
Dave and Don in Austria
Gloria, Don Jr, and Don Sr
Michael, Gloria, David A., and Don
Michael and Don with Thanksgiving Turkey
1986
Claire's 1st Communion
April 15, 2001
June 16, 1999
Fab Four at Ben Smith's Wedding, 2003
Vail, Colorado, 1998
Don and Knute Klotz
Don Smith, Jo Eckstein, Knute Klotz with their first children, 1954
Knute and Dolores Klotz, November 1949
Knute and Dolores Klotz, 1959
Knute and Dolores Klotz
Dolores and Gloria Eckstein, 1947
Gloria and Dolores
Dolores and Gloria, 1994
The Smith's and the Klotz's, 1971
The Wild Bunch
Early Boundary Waters Canoe Trip
Uncle Jimmy, Knute and Don with the Big Catch, circa 1958
Don on KP Duty, circa 1959
Uncle Jimmy, Don & Knute in the Woods, circa 1958
New Hampshire, 2012
Michael, Don, and Dave at Don's 95th
Tom and Don Sr.
2018
Ann and Don, November 2022
Caroline, Don, and Eileen
Don, Dorthea, and Ann at Don's 80th
Colorado Cousins and Grandpa, 2018
Rachel and Don
Grace, Don, and Brendan
The Smith Men, 2017
April 14, 2001
Don and Gloria at their 50th Anniversary, April 2001
“She was then, and is now, central to my life.”
Don Sr, Gloria, Dave, and Don Jr
1958
Ann’s Wedding. Montana, 1986
Four Generations
Gloria, Dave, and Don
“I don’t know how it all got started…”
“… but as time went on it just got better.”