Edward Smith Jr., age 93, of Townsend, passed away December 31, 2016 at the Broadwater Health Center in Townsend from natural causes.
Ed was born June 30, 1923 in Roundup, Montana to Edward and Daisy Belle (Poor) Smith. Ed called Bozeman his hometown. He went to grade school in Little Bear in Gateway, Montana then to Billings where he graduated from Billings Senior High School.
Ed served our country in the US Army from April of 1943 to December of 1945 as an Ambulance Driver seeing many conflicts during the war. After his honorable discharge he was a logging contractor in various places in Montana. Ed loved the outdoors and spending as much time hunting and fishing.
Ed is survived by his brothers, George Smith, Joe (Hazel) Smith of Bozeman and Ted (Janey) Lawrence of Townsend. He is also survived by honorary family, Rob, Krystine, Mirranda, Glenn and Raymond Gower. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Daisy Smith; his sisters, Lila Anderson, Wilma Schmitz, Rose Smith, Shirley Torres; sister in law, Pat Smith; brother, Bill Smith (Patti), Larry Smith (Pat), Chuck Smith; and brother in law, George Schmitz.
A Funeral Service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2017 at Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 212 Broadway, Townsend, with coffee and cookies to follow the service at the funeral home. Burial with Military Honors will be held at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Harrison at 2:30 p.m. Please visit below to offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Ed.
Service Schedule
Funeral Service
11:00 a.m.
Friday January 6, 2017
Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home
212 Broadway
Townsend, Montana 59644
Coffee & Cookie Hour
After the service
Friday January 6, 2017
Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home
212 Broadway
Townsend, Montana 59644
Burial with Military Honors
2:30 pm.
Friday January 6, 2017
Montana State Veterans Cemetery
Ft. Harrison
Montana, 59636
Service Schedule
Funeral Service
11:00 a.m.
Friday January 6, 2017
Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home
212 Broadway
Townsend, Montana 59644
Coffee & Cookie Hour
After the service
Friday January 6, 2017
Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home
212 Broadway
Townsend, Montana 59644
Burial with Military Honors
2:30 pm.
Friday January 6, 2017
Montana State Veterans Cemetery
Ft. Harrison
Montana, 59636
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Sharon Doig says
I only knew Ed a short time at BHC. Heven always had a smile and liked to do jig saw puzzles. He enjoyed reading the paper until recently when is eye sight was falling. As a veteran he enjoyed the Veteran’s Day program.
Sharon Doig says
I only knew Ed a short time at BHC. He always had a smile and liked to do jig saw puzzles. He enjoyed reading the paper until recently when is eye sight was falling. As a veteran he enjoyed the Veteran’s Day program.
Kristine Gower says
Thanks Ed Smith for being part of my family for fifteen years. You gave me new things to look at in Montana. You have shared much of your life with my family. It was an honor to receive your flag. Thank you again. I will never forgwt you. At least your coffee dont have to be scalding hot anymore.
Dennis Davaz says
I met Ed on a logging job when I was a young forester working for Champion International in Lincoln. As I recall, we set up a logging unit on Champion-owned land right in town for him. I moved over to Livingston in 86 and had the opportunity to work with Ed and George for a while, chasing patches of wood in the Crazies on what was then the Galt Ranch. Ed was always kind and soft spoken to me. He always did a good job with bare bones equipment and lived in the woods in his camper until spring breakup most years. They were the days when all the logging was done by hand. Now days, not many loggers on jobs know how to fell trees with chain saws. That’s something that other folks in the family (like George Smith and Ted Lawrence) can relate to, also. God Bless you, Ed. You will always be a man that I looked up to with respect when I was a young forester. Put in a good word for those of us with “sawdust in our veins”.