This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH WEBER MAROTZ VELILLA Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1544 Message Board Post: Sheboygan Press, Fri, Nov 5, 1999, pA2 Richard J. Smith Richard J. Smith, 57, of 631 Riverview Drive, Plymouth, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1999. He was born on July 29, 1942 in Sheboygan, a son of John and Jeanette Weber Smith. He attended St. John the Baptist Grade School and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1960. He attended Lakeland College. He married Patricia A. Marotz at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Plymouth on June 8, 1963. The couple resided in Sheboygan and Budd Lake, N.J. for 26 years before moving back to Plymouth in 1995. He was district sales manager on the east coast for Manitowoc Equipment Works. He retired in 1994 after 27 years of service. He was a member of the St. John Baptist Catholic Church and the National Wildlife Federation. He played softball for many years and enjoyed reading, hiking and spending time with his family. Survivors include his wife, Patricia; two daughters and a son-in-law, Karen T. Smith of East Norwalk, Conn. and Cheryl C. Smith and her husband, Emilio Velilla of Belmont, Mass.; his parents, John and Jeanette Smith; aunts, uncles, cousins other relatives and friends He was preceded in death by an infant brother, Joseph. A funeral Mass will be held on Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999 at 3 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Plymouth. The Rev. Dennis Van Beek will officiate. Burial will be in Holy Angels Cemetery in West Bend. Friends may call at the Church on Sunday from 2 p.m. until the time of services. A memorial fund is being established in his name. The Suchon Funeral Home in Plymouth is serving the family.