Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Smith,  Thomas E.  April 22, 2006
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Published in The Daily News on 4/25/2006.
	 	
Thomas E. Smith, 80, of Longview, WA, died April 22, 2006 at the Hospice Care 
Center. 

He was born September 8, 1925 to Peter and Marie (Brockmueller) Smith in 
Lincoln, Nebraska. His family lived in several South Dakota towns before moving 
to Puget Island in 1940. When he was 15 years of age, he helped his father on 
the home dairy and went to school at Cathlamet. From 1944 to 1946, he served in 
the Army with the 1777th Combat Engineers in the European Theater, in the 
Pacific, in the Philippines, and in Japan. Following military service, he 
worked for Crown Zellerbach as a log truck driver and hauling equipment. He 
worked for Standard Dairy for 8 years and Mayflowers farms for 12 years. He 
worked 11 years for the U.S. Forest Service at Hoodsport, Washington. He later 
returned to Longview, Washington. He worked for CAP for three years, caring for 
the elderly. He married Aune Tienhaara on June 19, 2004 in Las Vegas. She 
survives him at home. He was predeceased by a son, Michael Neil Smith; a 
sister, Ruth Holland of Cathlamet, WA; and two brothers, Jack and Bob Smith. He 
is survived by one sister, Florence Marcus of Eugene, Oregon. 

No service will be held. Cremation has taken place. Arrangements under the 
direction of Columbia Funeral Service. 

	


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