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William (Bill) Smeaton passed away peacefully in hospice care on October 23 at the age of 87. He leaves to mourn his wife Myrt, twin brother Wally, children Sharon (Dave), Bill (Debbie) and Barb (Trevor), along with 6 grandchildren (Talitha, Angelica, Bryan, Emily, Kiana and BJ) and 3 great-grandchildren (Beckett, Leeland and Myla). He was pre-deceased by his parents William and Jean, his brother Don, and infant daughter Elizabeth.
Dad was born and raised in Kamloops, B.C. Growing up, he played school sports and hockey outside of school with his twin, and he and his brothers had paper routes and picked vegetables to earn money. One of Dad’s jobs after high school was working at the Tuberculosis Sanitorium at Tranquille in the kitchens and laundry. He used these skills again later as he worked in the cafeterias at university to help pay his way.
Dad and Wally graduated from Kamloops High School in 1954. While still in high school, he met Myrtle Koch at a youth retreat in Vernon. Along the way, Dad completed Normal School and started the hunt for a teaching position. He and Mom were married on June 23, 1956 in Kelowna, and at the end of that summer they moved to the Prince George area where Dad had accepted his first principalship in a one-room schoolhouse at Stone Creek. Their Prince George years were difficult but full of fun and family. Mom taught with Dad for a year before their busy young family fully occupied her time. All four children were born while they lived in Prince George.
In 1968, the family moved to Salmon Arm, where Dad spent the rest of his career as a principal in a variety of area schools. Dad earned his Master of Education during this time, spending his summer residency at Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington and graduating in 1979. He and Mom had no clue how to live a quiet life; they were wildly busy raising their family, combining work with recreation, sports, church life, travel and in later years, maintaining several rental properties. If you lived in Salmon Arm, he probably taught you or your parents at school, coached a team you were on, taught you or someone you knew first aid, or sat beside you at the Salmon Arm Silverbacks hockey games.
Dad joined what began as an Ambulance Service where they used a modified station wagon to transport patients. He found his second family in the EMS community, and served on car for 28 years, upgrading his first aid and eventually becoming part of the BC Ambulance Service. He also began teaching first aid, and started a company that taught first aid until they moved to Kamloops. Until the end of his life, an ambulance siren stopped every conversation until Dad had looked out the window to see what was what.
He and Mom moved to Kamloops in2016 where they spent their remaining years together surrounded by their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dad was a content, calm man of deep faith; he loved his family and he loved the Lord. We rejoice that he is now pain free and happy in Heaven, waiting for Myrt to join him.
A celebration of life will take place on Saturday, November 4 at 2:00 p.m. at Lakeside Church, 121 Shuswap Street SW. In lieu of flowers, Bill and Myrt both requested that donations be made to World Vision – donate.worldvision.ca
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