Nicholas R. Smart

Nick Smart, 44, of Prescott, died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at his home in Prescott. Celebration of Life Memorial Graveside Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Evergreen Cemetery near Prescott. Pastor Richard Queener will officiate. Services will be livestreamed.

Memorials can be directed to the Creston Animal Rescue Effort or the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Online condolences may be made at www.powersfh.com.

Nicholas Ryan Smart was born Jan. 30, 1979, to Donald Glen Smart and Sharon Kay (Willert) Smart in Creston. Nick graduated from Corning Community High School in 1998. Following graduation, Nick attended Southwestern Community College in the auto body/mechanic program.

He was baptized into the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Corning at a very young age. He believed in our Lord Jesus and worshiped at the Prescott, Stringtown and most recently he began attending St. John’s United Church of Christ.

Nick was a lifelong Prescott resident. He and his dad worked together to remodel his home, spending many hours doing the necessary carpentry work. They also worked many hours together doing dirt work around the community. He always helped in the planting and tending of his parents’ large family garden. He was always there to provide any help to his family and friends.

He worked a variety of different jobs, including handyman services. His one joy was helping anyone in need. He would stop into the MATURA office and help the ladies move heavy items they could not lift. The ladies enjoyed when he stopped by, since he usually brought them a sweet treat. If someone told Nick they were looking for something he would try very hard to find it and bring it to them with a smile on his face and happiness in his heart, never asking for anything in return.

He gathered used bicycles, repaired them and gave them to people in the community who needed one. No one was a stranger to him. He was a giver, always giving with a big heart.

He had a love for animals, and cats were one of his favorites. He always had one around, even if it was a stray and he always had a name for each of them and felt that all animals needed someone to help them in this big world. Nick loved his uncle’s dog and would bring him doughnuts when he came to visit, now they are together in heaven.

Nick is survived by his parents, Donald and Sharon Smart of Prescott; his brother, Matt Smart of Prescott; aunts; uncles; cousins and many friends.

Nick was preceded in death by his grandparents: Kenneth and Esther Smart and John and Janice Willert; his uncles and a cousin.