Donald E Smith:  

Life Since I graduated from high school I have lived in the South Pacific, and New Mexico, and have been a business owner and a cop. I have built, and raced, cars and boats, and also built the best passenger jet in the world. I worked for Boeing a total of 35 years before I retired in August 2009, Still enjoy my music and my cars. My wife of 22 years passed away in March 2009 after a seven year battle with cancer and I struggled with that loss for some time. I am still into genealogy, travel and woodworking. In 2008 I completed my degree in Business Management (finally). I have always regretted not finishing out my degree and now I have. I lived in Australia for two years and moved back to the states in 2012, This cold and wet Northwest weather has not been kind to these old bones and finally bought a home in Mesa, Arizona where I now live with our school mate, Sharon Taylor. We hooked up some time after the passing of her late husband and are now enjoyed the warmth of Arizona together for five years. Unfortunately Sharon passed away from complications with COVID in 2021 so I now live alone in my way too large home in Mesa. For my next trick I am seriously considering selling my home in Arizona and moving to Mexico for the next 20 years or so. Figure I might as well chase some senoritas around instead of sitting here in Arizona alone. School Music was my passion in high school. I was in the concert band, marching band, revue orchestra, and played in the original Jazz band started by Corky Ryan in 1961 and 1962. Fun times were cruising at Dick's after the games and passing the "hot chocolate" thermos around at the football games. My favorite teacher was, of course, Ronald Taylor the band and orchest...Expand for more