Walter E. Smithe Jr., the patriarch of the family behind the namesake furniture store, has died at age 86, according to a family announcement Wednesday. "He died peacefully with his beloved wife of 64 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Walter Edward Smithe Jr., the founder of Chicago's Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, has died at the age of 86. The Smithe family announced that their patriarch died this past ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--Friends and family are gathering to say goodbye to Walter E Smithe. The 86-year-old, who was the founder of Walter E. Smithe Furniture and Design, died earlier this month. Smithe ...

Walter E. Smithe Jr. led Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, an Itasca-based, custom-order furniture firm that was an offshoot of a Northwest Side appliance store that his father had formed in 1945. ...

Walter Edward Smith Jr. of Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, the Chicago-area furniture store, has died at age 86. His family said he died peacefully with his wife of 64 years, Florence Flynn ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Walter E. Smithe, Jr., founder of Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, has died at the age of 86, his family said. Smithe's wife of 64 years was by his side when he passed, and he was ...

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The founder of well-known Chicago-area furniture company Walter E. Smithe has died, his family announced Wednesday. The 86-year-old patriarch of the Smithe family, Walter Edward Smithe Jr., "died ...

Walter E. Smithe Jr., who built a furniture store empire that includes a big-box store on U.S. 30 near the Southlake Mall, died Oct. 9 of natural causes at the age of 86.

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