Ronald Dean "Smitty" Smitt's Obituary
Ronald Dean "Smitty" Smitt, 75 years of Dupo, IL, passed away on at Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at his residence. He was born April 26, 1949, in East St. Louis, IL.
Smitty was retired from the Village of Dupo after 36 years working in the street department and retiring as head of the Village of Dupo parks department in which he took a tremendous amount of pride in. Smitty was a member of Christ United Church of Christ in Dupo, IL., the Dupo Volunteer Fire Department from 1967-2011, a 47 year member of Columbia Blue Lodge 474 A.F & A.M, where he served as Worshipful Master in 1985 and held the position of Treasurer for 25 years, the Scottish Rite Bodies and an Ainad Shriner, where he was "Zippy" in the Clown Unit. Smitty was a 2013 inductee into the Dupo Walk of Honor, and proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1969-1971.
Surviving are his loving wife of 54 years, Charlotte L. ,nee Burpo, Smitt, his daughter, Jenny (Kurt) Johnson, his grandchildren, Connor (Breanna Scheibe) Smitt, Anthony (Claire) Johnson, Kati (Seth) Kohlenberger, his great grandchildren, his brothers, Charles (Marie) Smitt, Delbert Smitt, Donald Smitt, and Vernon Smitt, along with his brother-in-law, Michael Burpo, his sister-in-law & brother-in-law, Phyllis (Randy) Hamilton, along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Carrie Smitt, his parents, Otto and Cecelia, nee Bequette DuFrenne, Smitt, his brothers, Melvin Smitt, Raymond Smitt, and Norman "Snap" Smitt, his sisters, Lorraine Brandenburger and Judy Smitt, , his sisters-in-law, Judy Smitt, Lola Smitt, Julie Smitt, Barbara Smitt and Florence Smitt and his brother-in-law, Roy Brandenburger.
Visitation will be held on Monday, January 6, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and an hour before the service on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at Leesman Funeral Home in Dupo, IL. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Leesman Funeral Home in Dupo, IL., with Pastor Todd Muschaney, officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in the Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to the Dupo Fire Department or Dupo EMS or Shriner's Hospital for Children. For more information, please access our website, www.leesmanfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were handled by Leesman Funeral Home.
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