Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Hollice John June 14, 1998
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Bonners Ferry Herald June 17, 1998
Smith, Hollice John
  
Hollice John Smith, age 75, passed away suddenly at his home in Bonners Ferry,
Idaho on June 14, 1998.  Funeral services are planned to celebrate Hollie's life
on Friday, June 19, at 1 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry.
   Hollie was born April 15, 1923 in Bonners Ferry.  He has lived most of his
life in his beloved Boundary County.  To him there was no finer place on earth
than home in north Idaho.  He felt fortunate to enjoy the beauty and good life
in "God's country".
   He was the youngest of seven children born to John Isaac Smith and Frances
Ann Chervenka.  Hollie attended the old Pine Grove Needles Grade School and
graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1941.  Hollie was a talented trumpet
player and traveled with the Harry Walden Dance Band to perform at regional dances.
   He worked briefly for the U.S. Forest Service packing mules on the Westside;
did construction work at Farragut Navel Station; and did surveying work for the
Engineering Department of the Great Northern Railroad.
   Hollie served in active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II from
December 1942 to October 1946.  He was sent to the European Theater of
Operations and served under General Patton's "Third Army" throughout Germany. 
After returning to the states he was promoted to Captain and recalled to serve
in the Korean War as commander of "C" company in the 31st infantry.
   In 1952 he returned home and continued to serve in the retired reserves with
the rank of Major until the time of his death.  For four years Hollie was the
commander of the National Guard unit in Boundary County.  Proud to serve his
country, he was awarded the Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and the
Combat Infantryman Badge with one star.  Hollie was a 50-year member of the
American Legion Post #55.
   Hollie married Dorothy Jean Danquist on October 23, 1948 in Bonners Ferry. 
Hollie owned his own electrical contracting business for 10 years; in 1963 he
began working for the City of Bonners Ferry as an electrician, retiring in 1985.
   With a fondness for the out-of-doors, Hollie was an avid hunter and
fisherman.  Gardening was his passion that provided many hours of pleasure and
bountiful harvests that he gave to family and friends.  Hollie also enjoyed
woodworking and bird watching.  At the end of a full day's work, Hollie could
always be found in his favorite chair reading a good book for hours on end.
   Hollie had a soft spot in his heart for family and friends and so adored his
children and grandchildren.  Those who remain to lovingly remember him are his
wife, Dorothy at home in Bonners Ferry; daughter, Debbie and husband Ken
Wombacher of Pleasant Hill, California; son Hollie and wife Christina of
Spokane, Washington; daughter Kelly and husband Kim Orison of Bonners Ferry;
brother Earl Smith of The Dalles, Oregon, brother, Wilfred Smith of Sumner,
Washington; nine grandchildren; Joseph and Kelly Wombacher, MacKenzie and
Hollice Connor Smith, Osa and Winter Rose Orison, and Zena, Sadie and Ellia
Shelton, and numerous nieces and nephews.
   Hollie was preceded in death by his mother and father, John and Frances
Smith, brother, Ray Smith; brother, Gordon Smith; brother, Arthur "Artie" Smith
and sister, Ethel P. Smith.
   The family requests that memorials be sent to the City of Bonners Ferry for
use in a memorial to be dedicated in Hollie's memory.


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