Robert Cowles Smith, 88, Churubusco, died at 8:55 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2016, at Northridge Village in Albion where he had been a resident since April 2015. He was born Aug. 11, 1927, in Towanda, Pa., a son of Edwin Valentine and Genevieve Augusta (Cowles) Smith. He graduated as the valedictorian in his class from …read more.