Walter J. Schmidt
Services will be Thursday for Dr. Walter J. Schmidt, who
died Monday in a local hospital at age 73. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and
had been a resident of Santa Cruz for the past five years.
He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II,
and was a graduate of Cornell University Medical School. Dr. Schmidt had been
the chief of staff at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Helena, Mont,
for 10 years and he was also employed at the Maryville Medical Clinic before
his retirement 10 years ago. He was a member of the Cornell University Alumni
Association and the American Medical Association.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Schmidt of Santa
Cruz, and a sister, Alma Gallagher of New York City.
Services will be at Norman's Family Chapel, 3620 Soquel
Drive, Soquel, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Harold Johnson of the
Messiah Lutheran Church officiating. Friends may call at the chapel this
evening until 8 and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until service time. Private
interment will be at Oakwood Memorial Park. Contributions to the Coronary Unit,
Community Hospital, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz, Calif, are preferred.
Santa Cruz
Sentinel – January 30, 1980
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