{"id":249371,"date":"2026-07-22T14:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249371\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:19:08","slug":"robert-a-smith-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249371\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert A. Smith \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tRobert A. Smith \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Robert A. Smith, 84, of Taylor, passed away on Monday, July 20th, at Elan Skilled Nursing following an illness. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Dolores Tugend.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn in Scranton, he was the son of the late Leslie and Dollie Phillips \u2013 Smith. He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clarks Summit and the former St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church in Scranton. Prior to retirement, he worked at Golo Footwear in Dunmore for 28 years and McKinney Manufacturing in Scranton for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\nAn avid singer, he was a 50 year member of the Scranton Barbershoppers, Gospel 8 Quartet, and the Friendly City 4 Quartet. Also, he was a Lionel train enthusiast and diehard Penn State Football Fan. He also enjoyed fishing.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso surviving are his daughter Charline Demuysere of Newfoundland; son Scott Smith and his wife Sherry of Dalton; brother Warren Smith and his wife Ann of Clarks Summit; grandchildren Sierra and Victoria; several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe was preceded in death by his brother Leslie Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\nA Funeral Service will take place on Friday, July 24th, at 10:00am in the Vanston and James Funeral Home, 1401 Ash St., Scranton, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>\nFriends may call on Thursday, July 23rd, from 4:00pm \u2013 7:00pm in the Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<p>\nInterment, Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst Twp.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Robert\u2019s memory may be made to: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 205 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, Pa 18411.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor directions, to share a memory, or to leave a condolence for the family please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesfamilyfunerals.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.jamesfamilyfunerals.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nRobert A. Smith<\/p>\n<p>\nJuly 20, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert A. Smith OBITUARY Robert A. Smith, 84, of Taylor, passed away on Monday, July 20th, at Elan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-249371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}