Michael David Smith

AUGUSTA – Michael David (Mike) Smith passed away Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, at the Maine Veteran’s Home, with his wife, Maura and daughter, Tina at his side.

Mike was born in Laconia, New Hampshire, on July 9, 1943, to Clyde Lindon and Neva Deane (Walker)

Smith Sr. His mother passed when he was young and he was raised by family members in New Hampshire and Oakland. During his high school years, while living in the Oakland area, he worked on a farm where he gained his interest in tractors. He graduated in 1962 from Williams High School in Oakland and went on to serve four years in the U.S. Navy. He returned to Maine and began his lifelong career as a lineman for Central Maine Power, retiring in 1995. He married and his daughter Tina was born in 1968. She was the light of his life. Mike built his own home in Sidney, while working full time.

He was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 2, the Augusta Elks Club #964 and the VFW Post 887. He enjoyed spending time with his fellow veterans at the American Legion most every day.

Mike liked to go hunting with his Sidney family when he was younger. He also spent time fishing with his Legion buddies. He could fix anything and was happy to help family and friends anytime he could. He had an old VW that he tinkered on and raced around the fields with his friends. He loved Ford Mustangs and antique tractors and enjoyed owning both in his retirement. As his strength began to fail, he enjoyed watching good movies, nature and adventure shows on TV, playing solitaire on his tablet, playing cribbage with his sister and her husband Ralph, and he loved good eats!!

He was predeceased by his parents, a nephew, Timothy Austin, and a niece, Polly Austin.

He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Maura Wing Smith; his daughter, Tina Stevens and her husband

Glenn; his siblings, Shirley Watson and her husband Ralph, and Clyde (Skip) Smith Jr. and his wife Margaret (Peggy); brother-in-law, Michael Wing and Susan Emmet; bonus children, Jenifer Goodwin and her husband Arthur, Kathleen Newman and her fiancé Brian Bowman, Richard McGibney III and his wife Karen, and Diana Slavin and her husband Scott. He is also survived by nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and his former wife, Christine Snide.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to the nursing staff on Three West at MaineGeneral Medical Center, with special thanks to Hospitalist Robert Tavares, DO.

Military services will be held on December 11, 2023 at 1 p.m., at the Maine Veterans Cemetery on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Augusta. A Celebration of Life will follow at the American Legion Post 2 on Capitol Street in Augusta.

Arrangements are under the care of Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave, Gardiner, where condolences, memories and photos may be shared with the family at http://www.staplesfuneralhome.com

In lieu of flowers, donations in Mike’s name may be sent to the American Legion Post 2, or the Augusta Elks Club #964, for the benefit of their Veteran Programs.