Victor Herbert Smith
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Victor Herbert Smith, son, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed April 12 in Bothell, Washington. He was born Aug. 1, 1925 to Herbert Levi Smith and Paulina Catherine Stefan in Lewistown, Montana. Victor grew up in Benchland, Montana, now largely a ghost town, where his father managed the grain silo, and his mother was the town’s mayor and postmistress. His father’s job shielded them from the worst effects of the Depression and, as an only child, he was doted on by both parents. He enjoyed the hunting and fishing that was so accessible in rural...