This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHMIDT, McDONNELL, CAWLEY, KAUSEN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADI/1286 Message Board Post: Darrell 'Smitty' Thomas Schmidt Darrell "Smitty" Thomas Schmidt died at home in Woodland Thursday, Sept. 23 at age 83. Mr. Schmidt was born July 29, 1921 in Fortuna to the late Thomas and Mrytle Schmidt and had been a Yolo County resident for 26 years. He attended school in Fortuna and later served one year in the Merchant Marine during World War II and four years in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee (construction battalion). He was employed as a foreman in highway construction and was a member of the Masons and the Scottish Rites. He was an active member of the Woodland Presbyterian Church, a Boy Scout Leader, and a volunteer police officer. Survivors include Mr. Schmidt's wife, Lola Schmidt also of Woodland; daughter Andrea Schmidt and her husband Dave McDonnell of San Juan Capistrano; his son Terry Schmidt and his wife Marilee of Dixon; grandson Eric Cawley of Vacaville, his sister Carol Kausen and her husband Fred of Fortuna, and numerous nieces and nephews, stepgrandchildren, and great-stepgrandchildren. In addition to his parents, Mr. Schmidt is preceded in death by his sister Maxine Allen. Memorials in Mr. Schmidt's name may be directed to Yolo Hospice P.O. Box 1014, Davis, 95617 or Woodland Presbyterian Church, 1324 Columbia Drive, Woodland, 95695. Services: Visitation is scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27 at McNary's Chapel, 458 College St., Woodland. A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27 at Woodland Presbyterian Church, 1324 Columbia Drive, Woodland. Internment is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Ocean View Cemetery, Eureka. McNary's Chapel of Woodland is assisting the family with arrangements Obituary from the Woodland "Daily Democrat," Monday, September 27, 2004, (Woodland, Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. <http://www.dailydemocrat.com/> Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)