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Captain John Cowan Smith

April 25, 1919 - August 5, 2007


John passed peacefully into lasting comfort on Aug. 5/2007. He is survived by his loving wife Maria; stepchildren Rick(Pat), Lauretta (Brian) and Adriana; grandchildren David and Janelle; his loving niece Lynn and her children Derek and Angela; his nieces Hilary (John) and Meredith (Rich).

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:30pm on Saturday, Aug 25th at First Memorial, 1720 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, B.C.

In lieu of flowers, donations can

be made to: Canadian Legion Branch #256.

Our thanks to the staff on Floor 1 at Nanaimo Regional Hospital and to many dear friends for their kind support over the past two months.

The Captain will be greatly missed and fondly remembered.

"Old sailors never die, they just get a little dinghy"



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