Clifford E. “Kip” Smith, 97, a longtime South Bend resident died on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at the Willapa Harbor Hospital in South Bend. He was born on February 27, 1916, in South Bend to Myron and Maggie (Cross) Smith.
Kip graduated from South Bend High School, Class of 1935. He went off to serve in the Army during World War II from 1942-1945. Upon his return he married his loving wife of 70 years Dorothy Evans on April 24, 1943, in Novato, California; she survives him at the family home in South Bend. He worked for various local lumber mills and was at times self employed.