Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Smith , Robert Wallace      July 28, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian
Smith, Robert Wallace     
1909 - 2005 
 
Robert Wallace Smith 
11/14/1909 - 7/28/2005 

Robert Wallace Smith, age 95, beloved brother, grandfather and great-
grandfather died Thursday, July 28, 2005, at Glenwood Gardens Assisted Living 
after a brave battle with congestive heart failure. Bob was born November 14, 
1909, in New Jersey and was raised in Australia. He graduated Washington State 
University with honors in Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of Mensa, 
the American Philatelic Society and a proud 32nd degree Mason. He began his 
career with K.K.A.P. Munning and Company in Japan before the second World War. 
He later worked for Douglas Aircraft and spent 24 years with the Rand 
Corporation on many top secret projects. He taught mathematics at Yale 
University and UCLA. He was a licensed Real Estate Broker and Director of a 
Savings and Loan. He was the inventor of the Milton Bradley game Square Mile 
and also bred the Bari Jean orchid. He designed and built one of his homes and 
was once written up as the Man with 1000 hobbies. He married the love of his 
life, Alice Beach Smith, and fathered four children. He is predeceased by 
Alice, two infant children, his son, Bobby Smith and his daughter, Bari 
Lokken. He also lost his beloved brother, Gordon several years ago. Bob is 
survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Lydia Smith; his 
granddaughter and her husband, Susan and Chris Herring and their children, 
Blake, Andrea and Justin; his granddaughter and her husband, Laurie and Bryan 
Reese and their children, Drew, Allison, Natalie and Brooke; and his grandson 
and his wife, Chris and Meggan Lokken. He is further survived by nieces and 
nephews, other relatives and many friends. A memorial will be held in November 
in Orange County. Details yet to be determined. In lieu of flowers, please 
donate to the breast cancer charity of your choice in his name. 

Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 8/4/2005.  


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