Robert L. Bob Smith
Smith, Robert L. “Bob”, 68, attorney, died Monday, November 07, 2005. Service will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, November 10, at East Heights United Methodist Church. Bob was born in Oklahoma City and graduated from Wichita East High in 1956. He received a degree in Geology from WSU and a Law degree from Washburn. Bob was an Attorney and Partner at Boyer, Donaldson and Stewart Law Firm. Preceded by his parents, Avery H. and Britta Fay (Holley) Smith and brother, Wayne Smith. Survivors: wife of 44 years, Janet Smith; sons, Rob Smith (Rachelle) of Overland Park, KS and Stephen Smith (Gretchen) of Fairfield, CT; brother, Kirk H. Smith of Hamilton, MT; sister, Vicki Schmidlapp of Winona, MN; grandchildren, Hannah, Annie, William, and Jack. Memorials have been established with East Heights United Methodist Church, 4407 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218 and Larksfield Health Care Center, 7373 E. 29th St. N., Wichita, KS, 67226. Downing Lahey Mortuary East.
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My thoughts and prayers are with Bob’s family. I was honored to know Bob through his law firm’s affiliation with Wesley Medical Center in the early 1980’s and through our joint membership in the Kiwanis Club of Wichita. Bob’s ready smile and quick wit are his trademarks I remember most. In the late 1970’s I served the law firm as it’s CCH law book representative. Bob claimed he could never remember my first name, ‘Barrick,’ so I suggested he think of Fort Riley with the big Army barraks (I’m a XXXL kind of a guy). The next time I called on Bob, he looked up from his desk, smiled and inquired, ‘Well, Riley Wilson, how are you?’ To this day, I’ll never know if he was serious. We’ll miss Bob’s gentle humor.
Janet and Family, Brian just called to let me know that our ‘favorite’ lawyer was gone. Please know that our prayers are with you and the family. He sure was a fine Gentleman and did us a wonderful thing by helping us get Logan into the Hartman family. We will always be grateful to him and feel blessed to have known such a wonderful man. God Bless, Keith, Betty Hartman and Family
I am sorry for your loss, he was a fine man. Was Always very nice to me and soft spoken. I am a friend of his brother, Kirk, I worked with him. Retired employee of Kelley and Dawson Service
We are so saddened to learn of Bob’s passing. We regret that we are unable to be there to express our deepest sympathy, but please know that we care, and that we share in your loss.