Kurt P. SMITH

SMITH, CULLINAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/9/2010 at 22:03:24

Belmond Independent, Iowa
February 27, 2002

Kurt P. Smith, Major USAF, died February 2, 2002. A military service will be held March 8 at Fort Rosecrans, CA. Smith was born December 2, 1944 in Minot, ND, the son of Karl and Mary (Cullinan) Smith and grew up in a Navy family. He attended schools in Coronado, Corpus Christi, Norfolk, Memphis, Paris, and Rota, Spain; also St. Olaf College in MN. He taught in Madison, WI, later joined the Peace Corps, and then the U.S. Air Force. After 21 years of active duty he retired in 1987. Then he flew for United Airlines and lived most recently in Dallas, TX. Survivors include his parents, Karl and Mary Smith of Coronado, CA, who were owners of the Coast to Coast in Belmond in the 1940s.