s/o Peter J. Smith, II and Margery (Ouellette) Smith; h/o Sheryl (Butler) Smith
Peter was raised in West Newbury, MA and graduated from Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury with the Class of 1971. He was a veteran serving with the US Marine Corps. After his discharge from the Marine Corps he graduated from Leslie University in Boston in 1983 and later from the New Hampshire Police Academy.
He worked as a police officer with the Dover Police Department for a brief time and then spent 13 years with the Hampton Police Department as a supervisor and prosecutor. He then moved on doing landscaping, then owned a bread and baked goods delivery route. He also worked as a bus driver for the former Bruce Transportation Bus Company, a commercial truck driver for Abenaqui Carriers for 12 years and recently at McDonalds in Hampton.
In his earlier years he excelled as an athlete especially basketball with the men's league in the Newburyport area later playing semipro basketball as well as with the US Marine basketball team. He coached for the Hampton Youth Association was an avid marksman and gun enthusiast.
He leaves his wife Sheryl (Butler) Smith; his son and his daughter; grandchildren; his brother; two step children; his canine friend Sugar. He was predeceased by his brothers Paul and Mark Smith.
Posted online on March 08, 2022
Published in Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday, Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday
Peter was raised in West Newbury, MA and graduated from Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury with the Class of 1971. He was a veteran serving with the US Marine Corps. After his discharge from the Marine Corps he graduated from Leslie University in Boston in 1983 and later from the New Hampshire Police Academy.
He worked as a police officer with the Dover Police Department for a brief time and then spent 13 years with the Hampton Police Department as a supervisor and prosecutor. He then moved on doing landscaping, then owned a bread and baked goods delivery route. He also worked as a bus driver for the former Bruce Transportation Bus Company, a commercial truck driver for Abenaqui Carriers for 12 years and recently at McDonalds in Hampton.
In his earlier years he excelled as an athlete especially basketball with the men's league in the Newburyport area later playing semipro basketball as well as with the US Marine basketball team. He coached for the Hampton Youth Association was an avid marksman and gun enthusiast.
He leaves his wife Sheryl (Butler) Smith; his son and his daughter; grandchildren; his brother; two step children; his canine friend Sugar. He was predeceased by his brothers Paul and Mark Smith.
Posted online on March 08, 2022
Published in Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday, Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday
s/o Peter J. Smith, II and Margery (Ouellette) Smith; h/o Sheryl (Butler) Smith
Peter was raised in West Newbury, MA and graduated from Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury with the Class of 1971. He was a veteran serving with the US Marine Corps. After his discharge from the Marine Corps he graduated from Leslie University in Boston in 1983 and later from the New Hampshire Police Academy.
He worked as a police officer with the Dover Police Department for a brief time and then spent 13 years with the Hampton Police Department as a supervisor and prosecutor. He then moved on doing landscaping, then owned a bread and baked goods delivery route. He also worked as a bus driver for the former Bruce Transportation Bus Company, a commercial truck driver for Abenaqui Carriers for 12 years and recently at McDonalds in Hampton.
In his earlier years he excelled as an athlete especially basketball with the men's league in the Newburyport area later playing semipro basketball as well as with the US Marine basketball team. He coached for the Hampton Youth Association was an avid marksman and gun enthusiast.
He leaves his wife Sheryl (Butler) Smith; his son and his daughter; grandchildren; his brother; two step children; his canine friend Sugar. He was predeceased by his brothers Paul and Mark Smith.
Posted online on March 08, 2022
Published in Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday, Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday
Peter was raised in West Newbury, MA and graduated from Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury with the Class of 1971. He was a veteran serving with the US Marine Corps. After his discharge from the Marine Corps he graduated from Leslie University in Boston in 1983 and later from the New Hampshire Police Academy.
He worked as a police officer with the Dover Police Department for a brief time and then spent 13 years with the Hampton Police Department as a supervisor and prosecutor. He then moved on doing landscaping, then owned a bread and baked goods delivery route. He also worked as a bus driver for the former Bruce Transportation Bus Company, a commercial truck driver for Abenaqui Carriers for 12 years and recently at McDonalds in Hampton.
In his earlier years he excelled as an athlete especially basketball with the men's league in the Newburyport area later playing semipro basketball as well as with the US Marine basketball team. He coached for the Hampton Youth Association was an avid marksman and gun enthusiast.
He leaves his wife Sheryl (Butler) Smith; his son and his daughter; grandchildren; his brother; two step children; his canine friend Sugar. He was predeceased by his brothers Paul and Mark Smith.
Posted online on March 08, 2022
Published in Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday, Portsmouth Herald/Foster's Daily Democrat/Seacoast Sunday
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