Long time Sandy resident Norman Smith died in his home on March 30, 2013. A funeral service will be held at Sandy Funeral Home on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. A visitation period will be from 10am-12:30pm prior to the service.
Norman Francis Smith was born in Los Angeles, California to Lindell and Rosie (Hammett) Smith on September 13, 1947. He was raised in Culp Creek and Salem, Oregon before moving to Sandy where he graduated from Sandy High School in 1967. After high school, Norman married Ellen Guinn in Sandy on June 24, 1967. He worked as a timber cutter for many local timber companies until owning his own contracting company for nearly 20 years. In 2004 he received “Logger of the Year Award” from the forest service and retired in 2011.
Norman enjoyed a good go-cart ride, flying remote control airplanes, driving quads, operating his excavator and having great conversations with his friends and family.
Survivors include his wife Ellen Smith of Sandy, his daughter Chrissy Michaels of Sandy, his son, Dwayne Smith of Rowena, Oregon and his two sisters, Linda Anderson of McMinnville, Oregon and Lola Clark-Boldman of Sheridan, Oregon.