IN MEMORIAM—Paul M. Smith Sr.

NAIFA is sorry to report the death of past NALU (now NAIFA) Treasurer Paul Smith Sr., CLU. Smith passed away at the age of 83.

Smith received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Accounting from Rockhurst University. He was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fringe Benefits Design, Inc., of Overland Park, Kansas, an employee-benefits administration and insurance agency founded in the late 1960s.

Smith was NALU Treasurer for 13 years, a member of the Missouri Association of Life Underwriters and the Kansas City Life Underwriters Association. He was also a lifetime MDRT member and life insurance Salesman of the Year for three decades at Security Mutual Life Insurance Company. Always ready with a joke, he lit up a room and never met a stranger.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy Ann Smith, several siblings, five children, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Ayo Mseka
Editor-in-Chief