Sunday, February 19, 2017

Dr. Walter Johann Schmidt - 41A2S

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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