OREGON – Robert F. “Big Bob” Smice Sr., 69, lifelong Oregon resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at Oregon Health Care Center. Big Bob had been employed at the Byron Power Station.
He was born March 18, 1942, in Oregon, the son of Glenn and Bessie (Paul) Smice. He married Barbara Blume on July 13, 1991, in Oregon. She died March 21, 2002. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved playing bingo. He was a 30-year member of AA with worldwide friendships.
He is survived by his sons, Frank (Jill) Smice of Leaf River and Jeff Smice of Mount Morris; his daughter, Lisa (Karl) Anderson of Green Bay, Wis.; his grandchildren, Destiny and Jeffrey Smice, T.J., Tyler and Torey Smice, Cheri Heise, Samantha Allen, Rebecca Crooks and Kenney Spears; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Sis Braden of Oregon.
He also was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; one daughter, Tracey; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home, Oregon. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Sandra Graber officiating. Burial will be at Daysville Cemetery, rural Oregon.
A memorial fund has been established.
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