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"The friendships that I formed at Loyola carry on to this day and in my heart I will always be a Don." -Joe Smith

He was also named the Loyola High School alumnus of the year in 2004 and was awarded the school's Rev. Joseph M. Kelley Medal, described on the school website as the highest recognition given to an alumnus, noting distinction in "business, profession or by ... outstanding participation in ecclesiastical or civic affairs."

A Don For Life

A Loyola Blakefield graduate is a Don for life. That means you take the learning, opportunities, leadership skills and spiritual growth you pick up here and apply it to your college, your career, your family, your community and the world for the rest of your life. It may sound like a tall order, but for our graduates it’s a very meaningful and natural thing.

Long-term transformation: being a man for others A Jesuit education is an education of the mind and heart that grows richer every year, no matter which stage of life you’re in. So you will learn to be more compassionate, loving and dedicated to promoting justice in the world here at Loyola and carry it through long after you’ve graduated. We talk a lot about transformation. Not a transformation with a beginning, middle and an end, but one that keeps evolving.

Our connections span interests, passions and generations. Part of being a Don for Life is keeping in touch with other Dons. Loyola Blakefield’s ongoing success owes a great deal to the graduates who stay connected through alumni functions and by teaching, coaching and serving on our Board of Trustees. And through family: many of our students have fathers, grandfathers, cousins and uncles who’ve attended Loyola Blakefield.

On September 29, 2016 Joseph Bernard Smith beloved husband of the late Mary T. Smith (nee Tracy);

Devoted father of Joseph B. Smith Jr. (Anne), Michael T. Smith (Theresa), Patricia S. Haley (Jerry), Kevin J . Smith (Susan), Kathleen M. Mills (Kent), Mark E. Smith (Anne), Eileen F. Wilson (Ed) and the late Mary Alice Smith and Jean M. Ridgely;

Dear father-in-law of Robert Ridgely (Paulette);

Dear brother of F. Neale Smith and the late Jean Newman, Mary Catherine Riely and Lillian Witler;

Also survived by 27 grandchildren, six great- grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the family- owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26) on Monday, Oct. 3rd fro m 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Mr. Smith will lie in repose at the Oak Crest Village Chapel on Tuesday, Oct. 4th from 9 to 10 AM at which time a Funeral Mass will be celebrated. Interment New Cathedral Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Crohn's & Colitis Fdn (ccfa.org), Loyola Blakefield (loyolablakefield.org) or the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia (nashvilledominican.org)

Joseph Bernard Smith, a retired Chesapeake & Potomac telephone marketing manager, died of multiple organ failure Sept. 29 at Oak Crest Village retirement community.

The Towson resident was 96.

Born in Baltimore and raised in Overlea, he was the son of Ambrose L. Smith, a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad conductor, and his wife, Lillian Spicer.

He was a 1939 graduate of Loyola High School, now Loyola Blakefield, where he played football. He earned a bachelor's degree from what is now Loyola University Maryland. He was commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserve in 1943.

He met his future wife, Mary Teresa Tracy, while he was hospitalized with tuberculosis in New York.

He joined Chesapeake & Potomac in 1945. He worked in downtown Baltimore as a marketing manager for the company and its successors until his retirement in 1984.

In 1974 he was named the C&P Telephone salesman of the year.

He was also named the Loyola High School alumnus of the year in 2004 and was awarded the school's Rev. Joseph M. Kelley Medal, described on the school website as the highest recognition given to an alumnus, noting distinction in "business, profession or by ... outstanding participation in ecclesiastical or civic affairs."

Mr. Smith was a volunteer at the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, Our Daily Bread and Good Samaritan Hospital.

He was a member of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, where he served on the parish council and was an usher. He was also a Cardinal Gibbons Council member of the Knights of Columbus.

A Mass was offered Oct. 4.

Survivors include four sons, Joseph Smith Jr. of Timonium, Michael Smith of Towson, Kevin Smith of Timonium, and Mark Smith of Towson; three daughters, Trivia Halley of Towson, Kathleen Mills of St. Leonard and Eileen Wilson of Ellicott City; a brother, F. Neal Smith of Houston; 27 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His wife of 55 years, a homemaker, died in 2005. A daughter, Mary Alice Smith, died in 1963. Another daughter, Jean Smith Ridgely, died in 1983.

— Jacques Kelly