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Mr. Smith passed away on December 16, 2009. He was 87. He was a WWII Army Medical Corps veteran and taught at Garden Grove High School for 41 years.
A former student remembers Mr Smith:
I was a '77 Graduate also Argo of the Year in Track that same year. I wanted to say a belated good bye to Herr Smith. To this day I am always saying things in German ! I spent 3 years in his Class and have the best memories of Grove there. I can still see that sign in his Class room and I still say it to this day, "To err is human to forgive devine"! Rest in Peace Herr Smith .
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Paul Warner (1970)
Guten tag Luisa, wie geht's?Danke gut, und dir?
Prima!
und so weiter (and so on)........
Had Herr Schmidt (Mr. Smith) for 4 years of German and 44 years later still remember the first dialog we learned in freshman German.
Have a lot of fond memories of being in his classes.
Auf wiedersehen Herr Schmidt!
Paul Warner
Mark Warner (1975)
Paul, I only had 3 years of German with Herr Smith, but they were memorable years. I had wonderful opportunities to use and enhance my German by living there for 2 years post high school.
News of Mr. Smith's passing is a bit difficult for me. It's amazing he was at GGHS for 41 years!
You are missed, Mr. Smith.
Mark Warner
GGHS 75
Jon Henkel (1970)
Gute tag Luisa, Indeed! What an understatement to a man that meant so much to us all. Aloha, Herr Schmit, Herr Henkel
John Cole (1970)
Jeez, I was President (Fuhrer) of the German Club (but only a puppet of Rick Rosenquist, I'm not too proud to add...), and can hardly speak a word of German now! (My Japanese isn't bad now, though.) I too fondly remember Herr Shmidt, his hand signals for individuals to repeat or answer, and for the whole class to repeat or answer. He was indeed an excellent teacher. Actually I did visit Germany and Austria before I had forgotten most of what I learned, and it helped me a lot at that time.
Heil Hitler! Ha, ha, ha! The German Club was a lot of silly fun!
John Cole