IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Richard "Red"

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Smith

Sep 9, 1935 — Jan 4, 2022

Obituary

Richard P. "Red" Smith of Crawfordsville passed away Tuesday night at Franciscan Health Lafayette East.  He was 86.

Red graduated from Waveland High School.  He served 8 years in the Army Reserve and he worked for 46 ½ years at R.R. Donnelley.  Red was a member of the Moose and Eagles.  He liked to hunt birds and play golf.

Born Sept. 9, 1935 in Waveland, he was the son of Hubert Clyde Smith and Margaret Jeanette McIntyre Smith Hays.  He married Nancy Carolyn Fink on Oct. 9, 1955 in Crawfordsville.  She passed away June 20, 2019.  He married Carolyne Fischer Smith on Nov. 16, 2019.  She survives.

Surviving family includes: wife, Carolyne Smith; four children, Donald G. Smith (Mary), Dianna L. Billingsley (Donnie), David W. Smith (Lee Ann), Dawn M. McDaniel (Lance); eleven grandchildren, Jason, Kylene, Kyle, Jared, Tel, Madison, Erica, Brooke, Kaleb, Konnor, Angelia; eleven great-grandchildren.

Private family services will be held Saturday, Jan. 8 th at Burkhart Funeral Home, 201 W. Wabash Avenue, Crawfordsville.  Burial will follow at Old Union Cemetery, north of Waveland.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Red Smith may be made to Mooseheart, 155 S. International Drive, Mooseheart, IL 60539 or Moosehaven, 1701 Park Avenue, Orange Park, FL 32073.

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