Walter E. Smithe Jr. led Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, an Itasca-based, custom-order furniture firm that was an offshoot of a Northwest Side appliance store that his father had formed in 1945. ...

The founder of well-known Chicago-area furniture company Walter E. Smithe has died, his family announced Wednesday. The 86-year-old patriarch of the Smithe family, Walter Edward Smithe Jr., "died ...

Walter E. Smithe, a Chicago furniture company that makes, sells and repairs furniture, named Colleen Smithe Parker (Psych) director of advertising. Colleen oversees the production of creative ...

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