Rutland, VT - Raymond (Ray) K. Smith, formerly of Traver Road in Wilton, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2010. He was 86. Born July 27, 1923 in Corning, NY, he was the son of the late Walter K. and Edith Canfield Smith. He was a graduate of Corning Free Academy and Rutgers University Graduate School of Banking. During World War II Ray served in the First Army in Europe and earned a Bronze Star. He then returned to Corning and worked at the First National Bank and Trust Company of Corning where he served as its president in the late 1960s. Ray was active in community affairs and served as the mayor of the village of South Corning. He testified before Congress in 1967 helping to pass the Truth in Lending Act. He also attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968 as an alternate delegate. Ray had a second career working with horses, which he loved. He was an accomplished farrier/blacksmith at the Saratoga Harness Race Track in Saratoga Springs, NY. He helped pass on his knowledge to thirteen apprentices. After he retired, Ray contributed his talents to the Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame Museum. He was a member of St. Clements Church. He was an avid collector of horse-related equipment and enjoyed yearly canoe trips in the Adirondacks. Ray will always be remembered as a patient teacher and a generous man, and will be dearly missed. Ray is predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Eileen Kelly Smith. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by four brothers, Adrian, Marion (Bill), Roy and George (Jake); and three sisters, Ruth, Mildred and Arberta. Survivors include his daughter, Corinne Smith Geiger and her husband Kevin of North Pomfret, VT; his two sons, Jeffrey Smith and his wife Jeanne of Endwell, NY and Timothy Smith and his wife Judith of Lakewood, CO; one brother, Harold Smith of Penn Yan, NY; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday January 11, 2010 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (584-5373). Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the family plot at Greenridge Cemetery, Lincoln Avenue. Memorials may be made in his name to the Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame Museum, 352 Jefferson Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, or to the charity of ones choice. Rays family wishes to give special thanks to Our House Residential Care Home of Rutland, Vermont for the wonderful attention and care they gave Ray in his final years. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.