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Max Charles Smesny
4 Sep 1933 – 8 Dec 2015
| Birth | 4 Sep 1933 |
| Death | 8 Dec 2015 |
| Cemetery | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jay Johnson TX on 24 Jun 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155994775 |
Bio
Max Charles Smesny, 82, of Midlothian, Texas, passed away on December 8, 2015, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, December 14, 2015, at the Pat Boze Memorial Chapel of Wayne Boze Funeral Home, with a Rosary at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waxahachie with Father Martin Moreno officiating. Interment will follow in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas. Max was born in Eastgate, Texas, to on September 4th, 1933. Max attended Dayton High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy upon graduation where he was stationed in California, Texas, and Cuba. He married Georgie Lillian Pavlat on March 1, 1954. They made their homes in Irving, Houston, and Portland, Texas, before moving to Ewa Beach, Hawaii. They later settled in Midlothian, Texas, where their home remains. Max worked as an aircraft mechanic for Braniff International Airways for 27 years after which he taught small engine repair at Waxahachie High School. He retired in 1995 and continued to work his cattle ranch. Max was an active member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Waxahachie, and a member of their local chapter of the Knights of Columbus where he served a term as Grand Knight. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Georgie; sons: Ron Smesny and Eva Savala, of LaFayette, GA, Mark Smesny and wife, Elizabeth, of Richland Hills, TX, Michael Smesny, of Midlothian, TX, Gregory Smesny, of Austin, TX, and Craig Smesny, of Arlington, TX; sister, Edith and Thomas Jasek, of Baytown, Texas; grandchildren: Lt. Col. Jason Smesny and wife, Cassie, of Huntsville AL, Stephen Smesny and wife, Christy, of Vidalia, GA, Bryan Smesny and fiancé, Blakely Shaye Pendergrass, of LaFayette, GA, Airman 1st Class Maxwell Smesny, Ben Smesny, and Lilliana Smesny, of Richland Hills, TX, Mitchell Smesny and Jordan Smesny, of Austin; great-grandchildren: Grayson Smesny, of Vidalia, and Georgia and Collin Smesny, of Huntsville, Alabama. S20
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