Lt. Col. Richard (Dick) H. Smith, USAF Ret., and his wife, Emma Jeanne Street Smith (Emmy), both from Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Florida, have each passed on from life on Earth to the next chapter in their lives together.
Dick passed away on Nov. 24, 2021 at age 89, almost a year after Emmy’s passing on Nov. 27, 2020. She was also 89.
Richard Smith, 89, passed away on Nov. 24, 2021.
Dick (born July 11, 1932) and Emmy (born Oct. 18, 1931) both grew up on Five Mile River Road in Darien, and each graduated from Darien High School.
After college, they began an Air Force life that lasted 22 years and allowed them to travel the US and around the world. They retired to Wellington, Florida in 1977.
Dick was a career Air Force officer and rescue helicopter pilot and Emmy an officer’s wife and homemaker; both were loving parents, grandparents and great grandparents.
Emma Smith, 90, passed away Nov. 27, 2020.
Dick and Emmy are predeceased by Dick’s parents, Rowland and Emily Smith of Deland, Florida, and his siblings: Betty Sparkman, Rowland Jr. and Raymond; Emmy’s parents, Harry and Gladys Street of Darien, and her siblings, Harry Jr. and Raymond; their grandchild, Louis Marino, Jr., and son-in-law, Perry (Blue) Sizemore.
They are survived by Dick’s sister, Janet Slimak, and Emmy’s sister, Mary Jentoft. They are also survived by their six children: Cindy Smigay, Liz Dailey, Kathy Marino, Karen Bernhard, Kyle Sizemore and Richard Jr.; their 10 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; children’s spouses Mike Smigay, Louis Marino, and Michael Bernhard.
Emma and Richard Smith’s funeral service will be held Friday, Jan. 28.
A service for Dick and Emmy will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and School, 400 Seabrook Road, Tequesta, Florida 33469.