Don Keller Smith, 82, passed away Nov. 19, 2007, at Harborview Hospital in Seattle. He was born May 11, 1925, a son of Earl and Ilah Smith in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was raised in Utah and Colorado. He graduated with honors from the University of Colorado in Mechanical Engineering. He is a veteran of World War II, where he was a pilot for the U.S. Navy. He married Margaret Rice.

He was an engineer for many years, but his main job was working on hydroelectric power. His hobbies included anything aeronautical and he was a master gardener, his passion being rhododendrons.

Don and his wife moved to Whidbey Island 19 years ago from Mercer Island.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Maggie; four children, Ronald (Loretta) Smith, Gayle (David) Rodgers, Reed (LaFawn) Smith and Debra (George) Parker; one brother, Roger (Gladys) Smith; two sisters, Darlene Hughes and Carrolyn (Keith) Howe and sister-in-law, Thelma Smith; 12 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. One brother, Earl Smith, brother-in-law, Don Hughes, and one grandchild preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held Nov. 20 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Langley. Interment was in the Sunnyside Cemetery in Coupeville. Services were under the direction of Visser Funeral Home, Langley.