THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 8, 1996 TAG: 9602080316
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: AKRON, PA. LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
Eugene A. Schmidt, 94, formerly of Portsmouth, entered into rest Monday Feb. 5, 1996, at Maple Farms Nursing Center in Akron, after a long illness. He was the husband of Louise Sippel Schmidt, who died in 1993.
Born in Prescott, Ariz., he was a son of the late Eugene and Edna Allen Schmidt. He was a retired industrial engineer who worked at the U.S. Naval Yard in Norfolk. A veteran of World War II, he served with the U.S. Naval Reserve and retired with the rank of lieutenant commander. He was a member of the International Association of Torch Clubs in Portsmouth. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he did postgraduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is survived by a nephew, John A. Sippel Jr. of Lancaster, Pa.
Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. Please omit flowers. If desired, contributions in his memory may be sent to the Bethany Presbyterian Church, 25 N. West End Ave., Lancaster, Pa. 17603. Arrangements by the Kearney A. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc.
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