Michael Emery Smith – 50th Reunion Essay

Michael Emery Smith

Date of death: 23-Apr-2018

College: Silliman

(This memorial appeared in the September 2018 Class Notes.)

Michael Emery Smith died at home with his family by his side after a short, but hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer.

Here is what we know: Michael’s career was mostly in commercial banking. Michael was an involved member of his community as part of the MDI Lions Club and served on boards of various local charitable organizations including the Southwest Harbor-Tremont Ambulance Service, the Tremont Historical Society, the Acadia Family Center, the Peony Society of Maine, and Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County. Michael thoroughly enjoyed spending his free time fighting the black flies while gardening and fishing, and hunting in the fall, often at the Hardy Brook Rod & Gun Club in Maxfield. He was also an avid and dedicated fan of MDI Trojans basketball.