Jack loved trying new things and he loved having fun, whether at the Jersey Shore with his siblings and families, golfing in leagues throughout retirement, delivering Meals on Wheels, participating in the Saint Vincent de Paul ministry, and visiting and laughing with Frances and their friends wherever they called home. He was a superfan at Lake Braddock High School for years, whether at a jazz band concert, basketball or soccer game, swim meet, or the band halftime show. For years, Jack oversaw the Royal Pool swim team, was a league commissioner for youth soccer, and a leader in his Catholic parishes in Virginia and Delaware. If his children had an interest, he wasn’t merely supportive, he’d likely run the enterprise. He cultivated a home garden, crafted furniture and candle boxes, and enrolled in community education classes on mythology and religion. Jack had many interests and talents, and embodied work-life balance before the term was in common usage. He carpooled downtown with the same crew of fellow civil servants for decades, and later enjoyed the travel and flexibility of economic consulting once a federal retiree.

Jack left the aviation industry in 1973 when he and his family relocated to Fairfax County, and Jack began a 30-year career at the DOT and FAA. Joseph’s University and Penn, he served a stint in Army intelligence before embarking on a career as an economist. He is survived by his brothers, Thomas, Robert and Joseph Smith. Also survived by loving cousins, nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.Ī graduate of St. and Margaret Smith and his oldest brother, Bart Smith.

Jack was predeceased by his parents, James B. and fun-loving and supportive grandfather to Annie, Erin and Kiley. Smith Jr. (Nadja Petrov) of Woodstock, N.Y., Christopher Barry-Smith (Lori) of Arlington, Mass., and Julia Castagnero of Zelienople, Pa. He was the loving husband of Frances Smith for 59 years, caring father of John J.

“Jack” Smith, 84, of Cranberry Township Pa., and previously of Lewes, Burke, Va., and originally Springfield, Pa., passed away Sunday, July 9.

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