Sandy resident, Arthur Smith died at the age of 88 on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Avamere at Sandy ~ Assisted Living in Sandy. A service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland on Wednesday, January 23 at 9:30am.
Arthur “Art” William Smith was born on July 12, 1924 to Walter and Catherine (Hess) Smith in Oakland, California. Art served in WWII for the United States Navy. After the war, Art worked for the City of Portland Water Bureau as a lab supervisor at the Bull Run facility. Retiring after 30 years, he began a woodworking hobby and loved working on computers. He spent the last 11/2 years of his life at Avamere at Sandy with his wife Phyllis.
Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Smith; his sister Val Arbaugh; his children Linda Richards, Tom and David Smith; 7 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.