Robert E. “Smitty” Smith

Smith, Robert Edward, known as Bob or Smitty to his friends and family, died Thursday, September 10, 2020 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton.  He was 84.  Smitty was born April 10, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Donald William and Faye (Corey) Smith Dionne.  Right from High School he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served for two terms.  He was recalled from the reserves for a year of active duty in Vietnam with the Navy Seabees.  Bob worked as a firefighter with the Westwood Fire Department for 20 years until his retirement in 1983. He then became a bus driver for the Westwood School System for 10 years.  In his spare time he worked as a carpenter with his brother-in-law Jack Sandberg.  He also worked for several years as the sexton for the First Baptist Church in Westwood where he was a longtime member and where he sang in the choir.  Smitty was a member of Elliot-Hyde Park Masonic Lodge (now Celestial Lodge) AF & AM, as well as a Shriner, and member of Allepo Temple Shrine of Wilmington.  He was the husband of the late Genevieve “Jenny” Ann (DeAngelis) Smith; the brother of the late Norma Smith and the late Joan Sandberg; and the grandfather o the late Robert E. Smith III.  Smitty is survived by his son, Robert E. Smith Jr., and his wife Patty, of Taunton; his two daughters, Ann Marie Anderson Beltis of Homosassa, Florida, and Cheryl Anderson Mills-Scarchilli, and her husband David, of Norton; his grandchildren, Kimberly, DeAnne, Derek, Caila, and Sara; his great grandchildren, Hayley, Briley, Cheyenne, Braelyn, Amelia, and Maeve; and his great great grandson, Kylan.  Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, September 15th from 4 to 7 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood with a Masonic Service by Celestial Lodge AF & AM of Westwood at 6:30 pm.  A private graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10 am at New Westwood Cemetery, Westwood.  Friends may watch the graveside service at www.harborview.live/ In lieu of flowers donations to the First Baptist Church, 808 High Street, Westwood, MA 02090 would be appreciated.