Major
Major Force (Ret.)
d. February 11, 2012
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Major Maurice "Smitty" Solomon Smithberg, U. S. Air Force Reserves (Ret.), 90, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Betty Katz Smithberg, died Friday afternoon, February 10, 2012, at Hospice Savannah.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Joseph Smithberg and the late Leah Barnett Smithberg and a brother to the late Leon Smithberg. He was a 1940 Graduate of Savannah High School and attended Armstrong College until the outbreak of WWII. Volunteering for military service in the Army Air Corps, he became a combat veteran of WWII and a veteran of the Korean conflict, finally retiring as a Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. Major Smithberg later retired as a watchmaker after more than 20 years of service to the PX at MCRD, Parris Island, S.C. He was an avid fisherman and golfer.
Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Betty Katz Smithberg of Savannah; two daughters, Janet O'Hara and her husband, Greg, of Savannah and Joan Schochet and her husband, Robert, of Atlanta; one son, Fred Smithberg and his wife, Alicia, of Savannah; five grandchildren, Ryan O'Hara, Logan Schochet and his wife, Nicole, Mallory O'Hara, Teri Smithberg and Annie Smithberg and one great-grandson, Brody Schochet.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the graveside, Bonaventure Cemetery, conducted by Rabbi Avigdor Slatus.
Remembrances: American Cancer Society - Suite 206, 6600 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31405 or Boys Town Center - Post Office Box 6000, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010-6000.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Joseph Smithberg and the late Leah Barnett Smithberg and a brother to the late Leon Smithberg. He was a 1940 Graduate of Savannah High School and attended Armstrong College until the outbreak of WWII. Volunteering for military service in the Army Air Corps, he became a combat veteran of WWII and a veteran of the Korean conflict, finally retiring as a Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. Major Smithberg later retired as a watchmaker after more than 20 years of service to the PX at MCRD, Parris Island, S.C. He was an avid fisherman and golfer.
Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Betty Katz Smithberg of Savannah; two daughters, Janet O'Hara and her husband, Greg, of Savannah and Joan Schochet and her husband, Robert, of Atlanta; one son, Fred Smithberg and his wife, Alicia, of Savannah; five grandchildren, Ryan O'Hara, Logan Schochet and his wife, Nicole, Mallory O'Hara, Teri Smithberg and Annie Smithberg and one great-grandson, Brody Schochet.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the graveside, Bonaventure Cemetery, conducted by Rabbi Avigdor Slatus.
Remembrances: American Cancer Society - Suite 206, 6600 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31405 or Boys Town Center - Post Office Box 6000, Boys Town, Nebraska 68010-6000.
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