Gaylord Smith

June 13 1938 - January 30 2020

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Private family burial.

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John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
Tuesday February 4th 2020 4-6 P.M.

1177 W. 5th Avenue
Columbus Ohio 43212

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Prayer Service
Tuesday February 4th 2020 at 6:15 pm

John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
1177 W. 5th Avenue
Columbus , Ohio 43212

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Military Honors
Tuesday February 4th 2020 at 6:00 pm

John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
1177 W. 5th Avenue
Columbus , Ohio 43212

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Obituary

Gaylord E. Smith, age 81, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020, at his residence. Gaylord E. Smith was born in Port Washington, NY and spent much of his childhood in LaPorte, TX. He graduated high school at Phillips Academy Andover ('57) and college at Princeton University ('61) where he majored in Geology. Shortly after graduating Princeton, he enrolled in the Navy's Officer Candidate School and moved to Long Beach, CA where he met the love of his life Delores Timko Smith. His knowledge of geology and his naval experience led to a contract with Shell Oil in Baton Rouge, LA, however he soon moved to Columbus to work at Nationwide Insurance, eventually earning an MBA at Ohio State University. Gay worked for Nationwide until 1990. Always one to leap at a new opportunity, he then taught himself computer programming and accepted a position at CBC Companies where he worked until his retirement in 2013. Throughout his life, Gay was an avid aquatic athlete and competed on the swim and crew teams at school. He spent many fun summers sailing in Texas and at Hoover Sailing Club in central Ohio. Eager to share his expertise with the oars, he volunteered at the Greater Columbus Rowing Association. Weekends often saw him researching and repairing vintage Volvo's, which he considered the perfect car. He spoke fondly of his school days and self-published a novel entitled Mixers, a romantic comedy about adolescents and the angst-ridden co-ed dance scene. He is preceded in death by his wife, Delores; his parents, and sister; he is survived by three daughters, Marian, Polly Sipes and Suzanne; granddaughter, Maria Sipes; sons-in-law, Paul Sipes and Michael McGuinness; sister-in-law, JoAnn Temborius; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at the JOHN QUINT TREBONI FUNERAL HOME, 1177 W. Fifth Avenue (Columbus), from 4-6 p.m., followed by Military Honors at 6:00 p.m., and concluding with a Liturgy Service at 6:15 p.m., with Reverend Father William A. Metzger, Presiding. Private family burial, Calvary Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN. Condolences may be sent via www.johnquint.com. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Our Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43212.


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From : David Gobey
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Date: February 2nd 2020

Back in 1972, I was merely a kid when I joined the data processing department at Nationwide Insurance. The director of my group was Gay Smith. From the first day on the job until my last, he treated me with kindness, respect and a willingness to teach me how to do better. This extended to his invitation to introduce my wife and I to his passion of sailing. Gay was a class act and his impact on my life continues to have meaning in how I view life and how I treat others.