Published 5:20 pm Tuesday, July 9, 2024 By austinsubmitted Gregory A. Smith, 75 Gregory Arthur Smith, 75, 3325 Teton Drive, Stevens Point died Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at his home. Greg was born September 17, 1948 in Austin, Minnesota, to Edmund E.
and Maxiene J. Smith. He was third in a family of nine children, and he loved being a part of this big family.
He attended St Augustine elementary school and Pacelli High School in Austin. He would readily admit he was not much of a scholar as a youngster, but he was proud to have found success at Austin Junior College and later Mankato State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. He met his wife, Paula, while attending Mankato State.
They were married on April 12, 1969 at the Convent of the Sisters Saint Francis, St Augustine parish in Austin MN. They spent 42 years in love and deeply devoted to each other until Paula’s death in 2011. Greg reminisced frequently about his love for Paula and all of the good times they had together.
After college Greg and his family returned to Austin MN where he started his career in the newspaper business as an advertising salesman at the Austin Daily Herald where his father worked as publisher. Greg’s newspaper career took him to Blissfield MI, Chippewa Falls WI, Portage WI, and back to Chippewa Falls. He worked his way up from ad salesman to ad manager to business manager to general manager to publisher.
He completed his career at Krause Publications in Iola WI, and he an.