The Smithe family announced that their patriarch died this past Sunday with his wife of 64 years, Florence Flynn Smithe, by his side.
Smithe was born in 1936 to Margaret Slifka and Walter E. Smithe Sr., and grew up in the Northwest Side's Belmont Central neighborhood. He received a Bachelor of Philosophy in Commerce from the University of Notre Dame in 1958.
During a stint in the Army, Smithe attained the rank of captain and became an expert in the field of computers. Smithe then went into the computer industry – working for General Electric and IBM in 1967, according to his obit. But he soon returned to the family furniture business that his father first started in 1945, and pioneered the concept of custom-order furniture in the Chicago area.The company has become known over the years in particular for its quirky TV commercials – Chicago TV viewers have long known the jingle,"Walter E. Smithe, you dream it we build it.
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