ROCHESTER – Frank Marks Smith died peacefully on April 21, 2019, at the age of 71. Frank graduated from Brighton High School and the University of Rochester. He served in the United States Navy from 1965-68 and was a longtime employee of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Frank was predeceased by his wife, Diane Carol Wood Smith, his parents Mary Sutton and Thomas Smith, and his sisters Terry Smith Greco and Susan Sutton Smith. He is survived by his son, Jeffrey (Jennifer) Waasdorp; daughter, Katherine (Peter John) Vermeulen; 5 grandchildren; his brother Thomas (Patricia); as well as nieces and nephews, including Christopher (Darcy Kohn) Smith, Andrew (Katelyn Seither) Smith, and Emily Smith, and grandnephew, Reid Broderick Smith.
Services will be held privately at a later date. Donations in Frank’s memory can be made to Lifetime Care Hospice/Hildebrandt Hospice Care Center (https://www.lifetimecare.org/donate) or Lollypop Farm (https://www.lollypop.org/get-involved/give-today/honor-remember-gifts-of-love/).
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Barry Smith
Please know that Frank “FM” and I were great friends in VA 12 for all of his time in the service and mine. We were plane captains together. He drove from Rochester to Jacksonville Fla. the day that I was discharged and we drove back to Rochester having a great road trip together. I visited him several times after and as the years passed we drifted apart. We exchanged cards and old VA 12 photos several times. I am very saddened to find that he has passed. He was and still is in my heart and will always be part of the fabric of my life.
God Bless him
Barry Smith “BJ”