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Charlene Gaffney posted a condolence
Barb, Sallie, Jeff, Sherry, Barbie
My prayers are with all of you at this time. Know how much I thought of your Dad, and Barb, your husband. He always made me laugh and was very very funny. Love To All of You.
RIP Dick
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Jo-Anne and Jack Manley posted a condolence
Barbara our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Wish I could be there with you. Here is a big hug from the two of us. God Bless You. Love and condolences to all. Dick was a great guy.
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Leigh n Helen Potter posted a condolence
So sorry for your loss Barb. Dick was best man at our wedding. He always impressed me as a straight shooter and genuinely honest man. You and all your family are in our prayers. Love to you - Leigh and Helen
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Gretchen posted a condolence
Thinking of all the Smithsons at this time and wishing for them Peace and Prayers. My recollections of Dick go back to Pop Warner Football games and the fun we all had with Dick & Barb. Good Memories!
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Jodi Waterbury Flo posted a condolence
Smithson Family - I am so sorry to learn of Mr. Smithson's passing. Jeff you were the first person I met when I moved to Ilion and of course the years I rode with you Barb to work in Herkimer. Good memories for me from the Tucker Ave/Sixth Ave neighborhood. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this time.
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Karen Cook posted a condolence
My deepest sympathies go out to the entire Smithson Family. Keep your memories fresh...especially the good and funny ones! It is truly a circle of life.....
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Hannah Bruce posted a condolence
Papa,
You are the best and I don't know what I would have done with out you in my life!I will miss the fun trips to ALDIS and watching wheel of fortune (Mimi's favorite show) and most of all i will miss you being here....but who am i kidding you are here in my heart. I Love you very much!!Ralph the teddy bear says the same:)
Love,
Hannah
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Courtney Bruce posted a condolence
Papa I love and miss you, but I will never forget the good times I was able to spend with you. I was always excited to see you over the summer and only wish I could of seen you even more, but I know I will have you around now. You are my guardian angle and will be with me all the time. You are the best and I will always love you Papa.
xoxoxo,
Courtney
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Barbie posted a condolence
My sweet Dad...I love you forever and forever you will be with me. I am so blessed to be your daughter and I am the person I am because of you. You will be missed, but will be with me always close in my heart. Love you more. Barbie....Your Yacky Doodle
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Ronald & Ann Smithson posted a condolence
To My Brother,
Words cannot express the sorrow I feel for the loss of you my brother and my friend. I want you to know you will always be remembered and loved.
Love Your Brother
Ron
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Paul DeBlois posted a condolence
We are sorry to hear of Dick's passing, we will keep you and your family in our prayers.
May God comfort you at this time.
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Russ Dack posted a condolence
Mr. Smithson was a dear family friend that always greeted you with a warm chuckle and funny story. He found the joy in life and wore it on his sleeve. He will be deeply missed but never forgotten.
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Lorrie posted a condolence
Dick, always made me laugh! But under that lightheartedness he was a thinker, I loved that about him. I will miss seeing him and talking with him. All my love to the Smithson family.
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Susan Nellis posted a condolence
All my sypathy to the family. Dick was a great man and I'm thankful to have met him and worked with him for a while at BP. I also will miss seeing him out and about here in Ilion. Jeff, all my sypathy to you. May God bless your broken hearts.
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Nancy Sehring (Woods Inn) posted a condolence
I am so very sorry---Always enjoyed my visits with Dick and Barb in the Adirondacks. My most sincere thoughts and sympathy...
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Julie Smithson posted a condolence
To the best father-in-law I ever could have hoped for. You raised a beautiful, loving family and always treated me as one of your own. Thank you for raising such a caring, sensitive man for me to share my life with. I love you and will carry you in my heart forever.
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Kelli Hughes (Fitzgibbons) & Family posted a condolence
To the entire Smithson Family - Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. We are so sorry for your loss. Love and peace to everyone.
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Vikki Smithson posted a condolence
I don't feel we say goodbye, even though we can no longer touch them in a physical sense, we can see them and hear them through our memories until we are with them again ♥
To my Smithson Family.....
There are no magic words, actions or pill you can take to get you through the death of a loved one. Even time, which is said to heal all, will never totally take away the pain. It will dull it, help make things better, and allow us to become stronger. Allow yourself to cry, give yourself time to be sad, and don't expect or demand yourself to be strong. Know that our loved ones never really leave us. Physically they leave us, spiritually they don't. "The biggest compliment you can pay to people you have loved and lost is to keep a part of them alive in yourself, memorializing their significance." You don't have to say goodbye. Live your life to the fullest while holding them in your heart so they may continue to experience life through you.
The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God. I LOVE you all very much ♥
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Marilyn and Louie Spina posted a condolence
Barb - We were so saddened to read about your husband in the paper. Remember meeting him at our dance group gatherings many years ago. Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you. Sincerely, Marilyn and Lou
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Theresa Gage posted a condolence
I was so happy to see Dick and catch up at my Father's recent funeral and am so saddened to hear of his passing. It feels like an era is coming to an end on Tucker Ave but the people like Dick who made it so special will hold a place in my heart forever.
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Erica Kloster posted a condolence
Very sad to hear of Dick's passing. He was a kind man. - much too young to be gone ):
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