Neil Erik Smedstad Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Neil Erik Smedstad of Bradenton, Florida, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, who passed away on December 22, 2025, at the age of 74, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

As we bid Neil farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Neil is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Myrle Sykes Smedstad and Clifton B Smedstad; and his brother Clark A Smedstad. He is survived by: his wife Theresa; his son Erik Andrew Smedstad; his nephew Corey Smedstad; and his nieces, Amanda Smedstad Ford, Jessica Peloquin and Stephanie Nelson.