From: Subject: Former state leader dies at 82 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:06:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C42C82.633980A0"; type="text/html" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C42C82.633980A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20020116/LN_005.htm Former state leader dies at 82
 
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Former state leader dies = at 82=20


LAWRENCE -- Former state Rep. Lawrence P. = Smith, who=20 last year had the Interstate 495 bridge over Route 114 named = after=20 him, died yesterday. He was 82.

Smith spent his last days in a room at Mary Immaculate = Nursing=20 and Restorative Center in Lawrence, where a large framed = photograph=20 of the Statehouse hung on the wall at the foot of his bed as = a=20 reminder of the 13 years he served there.=20

A porcelain firefighter figurine on the shelf served as a = memento=20 of his 20 years on the Lawrence force.=20

In October, state and local officials and Smith's 14 = children and=20 almost 30 grandchildren gathered at One Mill Street = restaurant to=20 celebrate the lifelong Lawrence resident's commitment to = public=20 service.=20

He served in the Navy during World War II and was a = Lawrence=20 firefighter from 1950 until 1970, appointed by Alderman = Louis=20 Scanlon and assigned to Fire Alarm Headquarters.=20

Smith was a state representative for Lawrence from 1957 = until=20 1970.=20

Smith sponsored and supported the creation of the John T. = Berry=20 Rehabilitation Center for Retarded Children, the Truth in = Lending=20 and Consumer Bill of Rights and the construction of the boat = ramp=20 and parking facilities at Riley Park on the Merrimack River, = among=20 his many legislative achievements.

Last October, his son, Lawrence P. Smith Jr. said the = family=20 wanted a particular bridge dedicated to his father because = when his=20 father was in office, he played a role in getting an exit = ramp from=20 I-495 to Route 114, where the bridge is located.=20

"His reputation up here is incredible," said state Rep. = David M.=20 Torrisi, D-North Andover, at the time. His aunt is one of = Smith's=20 six daughters. "He gave a lot of time to the city of = Lawrence."

From 1950 to 1984, Smith served as president of the = Firefighters=20 Municipal Credit Union.

"I developed the utmost respect for him," said Robert = Quinn, 73,=20 of Milton. Quinn is a former Massachusetts Attorney General = and=20 Speaker of the House.=20

"Because of him I have a great respect for the city of = Lawrence,"=20 he said.

Lawrence Smith was 15 when his father was first elected, = but even=20 though he was always working, he still made time for his = family.=20

"He always had time for us and anyone else who needed = him," said=20 his son.

Smith and his wife, Maria Marguerita Caffrey, were = married for 61=20 years. When she died a year ago January, Smith's condition = worsened,=20 said his son.

Calling hours tomorrow are 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the = John=20 Breen Memorial Funeral Home, 122 Amesbury St., Lawrence. A = funeral=20 Mass will be celebrated Friday, 11 a.m., in Our Lady of Good = Counsel=20 Parish, St. Augustine's Chapel, 128 Ames St., Lawrence. A = burial=20 will follow in Immaculate Conception Cemetery.

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