Aaron Michael Smith passed away at Stanford Medical Center on
Saturday, Feb. 12 as the result of injuries received in a
motorcycle accident. He was 20 years old.
Aaron Michael Smith passed away at Stanford Medical Center on Saturday, Feb. 12 as the result of injuries received in a motorcycle accident. He was 20 years old.
Aaron was born in Gilroy, but lived in Hollister all his life. He was a graduate of San Benito High School, Class of 2003. Aaron was employed as a welder for Larges Metal Fabrication in Watsonville.
He was a very competitive person said his mother, Debbie Smith. He loved the outdoors and took great enjoyment competing in BMX bicycle races, beginning in the eighth grade and continuing through his sophomore year of high school. He rode in the BMX races at Manzanita Park in Prunedale.
“He was a ‘tinkerer,'” said his mother, and a good artist who drew cartoon characters, enjoyed working on bicycles and motorbikes. “Most recently he enjoyed duck hunting in Los Banos with his father at his father’s duck club.”
Besides his parents, Charlie and Debbie Smith of Hollister, Aaron is survived by his sisters Amanda and Alyssa Smith of Gilroy; his grandparents Bill and Norma Smith of Shelton, Wash., and Lola Alatorre of Arroyo Grande. His other surviving family includes aunts and uncles Laurie and Jim Heredia of Longmont, Colo., Rick and Monica Alatorre of Richmond, Mike and Lori Smith, Stella and Phil Morgan, Brad and Pam Stites, and Don Smith all of Washington; cousins Erica and Sarah Heredia of Ft. Collins, Colo., Samuel, Vincenzo, Lola and Elizabeth Alatorre of Richmond, and many other cousins living in Washington.
He was the grandson of the late Richard Alatorre.
Friends are invited to attend a Mass of the Resurrection at 7pm Thursday at Sacred Heart Church on Fifth and College streets.
Visitation will be held from noon to 5pm on Thursday at the chapel the Grunnagle Ament Nelson Funeral Home at 870 San Benito Street and at Sacred Heart Church beginning at 6:l5pm.
Cremation with private interment will be held on Saturday.
Contribution are preferred to the Aaron M. Smith Memorial Fund c/o Grunnagle Ament Nelson Funeral Home 870 SanBenito St., Hollister 95023.
