Baker city, Oregon
Martin Smolich, 77, a Baker City native, died April 21, 2004, at St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Baker Elks Lodge, No. 338, 1896 Second St. Members of the Elks Lodge will perform the ceremony. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at the lodge.
Martin was born on Aug. 15, 1926, at Baker City to George and Mandy Lulich Smolich. He attended St. Francis Academy and worked for the Oregon Lumber Co. for quite a few years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the Baker Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include four brothers, Emil Smolich and his wife, Kay, George Smolich and his wife, Janet, and Paul Smolich and his wife, Helen, all of Milwaukie, and Bob Smolich and his wife, Patty, of Seattle, Wash.; one sister, Helen Cardinal, and her husband, Jerry, of Gig Harbor, Wash.
He was preceded in death by five brothers, Luke, John, Jim, Raymond and Tommy Smolich; and by one sister, Leona Stoddard.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Baker Elks Lodge, No. 338, through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, April 23, 2004
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor