Hal Smith

Harold Bruce “Hal” Smith, of Winona Lake, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025, in the care of Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne at the age of 62.

Hal was born on Aug. 25, 1962, in Detroit, the son of Virginia “Ginger” (Bergstrom) Smith and John Lewis Smith. In his youth, Hal lived in Warsaw, where he attended Warsaw Community High School. As a student there, he was actively involved in sports … basketball, football and baseball, and he also served as student body president. He moved to Colorado Springs, Colo., and graduated from Mitchell High School in 1981. Hal continued playing football as a student at the University of Indianapolis and then graduated with honors from Indiana University in Bloomington with a degree in business.

He moved to Sarasota, Fla., and worked for Risk Corp. in financial administration. Hal enjoyed spending his summers in Winona Lake and winters in Sarasota. Throughout his life, he loved spending time having a nice cold beer with his friends; he never tired of watching IU basketball and football; and he was an avid Chicago Cubs fan. Hal also had a real passion for his 1969 Chevelle convertible.

He will be lovingly remembered by his two sisters, Christine “Christy” (William) Cuban, Winona Lake, and Teresa (Paul) Beckwith, Holland, Mich., as well as by many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and by his brother, Brendt L. Smith, on April 18, 2024.

Friends and family are invited to Hal’s memorial service at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 424 W. Market St., Warsaw, and officiated by the Rev. Joseph Czolgosz. Please feel free to wear your favorite Cubs or IU shirt to Hal’s memorial service. Everyone is invited for fellowship and dinner at the church following his service. He will be laid to rest at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery in Warsaw.

Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.