David Evan Smith

David Evan Smith passed on to his heavenly home at the age of 75 on October 20, 2025 after 4+ years of gradual decline from Lewy Body Dementia. Dave was born in North Bend, Oregon to Clinton and Helga Smith on March 10, 1950. He lived in Reedsport, OR for a short time until the family moved to Junction City, OR where he and his 3 siblings attended school and he graduated from Junction City High School in 1968. He attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA and graduated in December of 1971 with a degree in Business. In August of 1972, he married Peggy Dryver. After she graduated from PLU in 1974, they moved to Bend, OR for a short time until moving to Spokane Valley, WA in the fall of 197 4. Their 4 children were born in Spokane. They moved to Colville in September 1986.

Dave enjoyed a variety of occupations in his early adulthood, including managing restaurants, selling real estate, managing movie theaters, supporting an accounting business, masonry assistant, contractor/builder and an insurance representative for Aid Association for Lutherans (now Thrivent), which spearheaded our move to Colville. He found his real calling in 1988 when he became interested in computers. He started doing computer repairs and later became one of the initial and primary internet providers for Stevens County-he always liked that "techy" stuff! Dave was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Colville and enjoyed being part of the men's group, choir and led the youth group, Sunday school and bible studies. He was also able to bring his passion for technology to weekly church services. He was active in Kiwanis and Benchwarmers, and quite the card shark, enjoying Pinochle and Hand & Foot. One of his great enjoyments was his kids sporting events and he liked to tell the ref to "Pull your head out" when making poor decisions!! (Good news-he only got kicked out of 1 basketball game, but had several warnings!!)

Dave is survived by his wife, Peggy of 53 years; son Matthew and Misty of Franklin, TN (Peyton and Kaisa); son Paul and Jessica of Penryn, CA (Grayson, Sawyer and Londyn); daughter Julie and JR Kaschmitter of Colville, WA (JD, Lillian and Tennasyn); son Joel and Jessica (Maeve, Ronan, Callum and Asta) of Ferndale, WA; Sister Linda Breen of Billings; in-laws Bill and Sharon Greene of Arizona; in-laws Mike and Cindy Chew of Colorado; in-laws Craig and Monica Coleston of Deer Park, WA; 12 grandkids mentioned above and 16 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers and 2 brother in-laws.

A Celebration of Life will be on Tuesday, November 25th at 11 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Colville. Memorials may be given to St. Paul Lutheran or to Lewy Body Dementia Association.