![]() He graduated from the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, and then matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was president of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and earned an engineering degree. As a young man he resided in New Rochelle, NY, where he attended the Iona School. ![]() ![]() He was born to Leonard Henry Smith and Charlotte deCamp on July 20th, 1927 in New York City. By his reckoning, cancer could not win, and could only hope for a draw. He did not want his obituary to suggest that he lost a long battle with cancer. Although his prognosis was dire, he battled on, lived his life and survived several years beyond the experts’ expectations. If you asked Penny, his beloved wife, she would tell you that he had cancer, but not to tell anyone. If you wanted to know his cause of death, he would have told you that it was none of your business. Leonard Mason Smith, 86, a veteran of World War II and Korea and longtime resident of Pine Island, Florida passed away on November 27th, 2013. I would have liked to share a chocolate chip cookie with Leonard M.
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