Kirk H. Smith
1937 - 2024
Kirk H. Smith, 87, of Bellingham, WA, died at Spring Creek on E. Bakerview Road on November 21, 2024.
He was born in Des Moines, IA in 1937 to Howard O. Smith and Frances A. Smith, then lived in Neosho, MO during WWII before returning to Des Moines. Kirk attended from East Des Moines High School. He studied at Iowa State College for two years before graduating from University of Washington. He went on to receive a PhD from the University of Minnesota, followed by a career in academia spent in large part as a professor at Bowling Green State University.
Kirk was preceded in death by his wife, Ann L. Smith, and is survived by his sister, Marsha A. Yelick, and his two children, Cynthia L. Topp and Jeffrey D. Smith.
