Obituary for Robert M. Smock
The Ithaca Journal, Apr 23 1986, P. 5

 "Professor emeritus Robert M. Smock, 77, of 303 Klinewoods Road, died Tuesday, April 22, 1986, at Tompkins Community Hospital. He was a son of the late Grant H. and Frances Mumford Smock.
  A graduate of Ohio State University, he was a professor of pomology in the department of controlled atmosphere storage for fruit at Cornell University for the past 49 years.
  Professor Smock was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a church elder. He had served on the board of directors of the Group Homes of Ithaca for many years and one of the homes, The Smock Home, was named after him.
  He is survived by his wife, Martha French Smock of Ithaca; two sons, David R. Smock of Scarsdale and William H. Smock of Berkeley, Calif.; a daughter, Sara Jane Cormier of Salem; six grandchildren; two brothers, William G. Smock of Cambridge, Md., and Arthur H. Smock of Cortland, Ohio; three sisters, Dorothy Larrabee, Isabelle Silverstone of New York City and Frances Erickson of Emporium, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews."