Betty Jane Schmidt

Betty Jane Schmidt, 86, of Gibsonburg, formerly of Oak Harbor, Ohio, died Thursday, November 29, 2012, at Parkcliffe Community in Toledo. She was born January 21, 1926, in Oak Harbor to Dietrich and Clara Sehlmeyer Behlmer. On June 14, 1946, in Oak Harbor she married Richard J. Schmidt and he preceded her in death on March 22, 2001. Betty worked at the Erie Army Depot and for 18 years as a supervisor at the former Uniroyal-USCO in Port Clinton. She was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oak Harbor and the churchs Miriam Circle. Her other memberships included AARP and NARFE, the Ottawa County Democratic Club, Women of the Moose Lodge #281 of Port Clinton, and the VFW #8732 Auxiliary in Oak Harbor, where she was a charter and life member and served as past president. Betty is survived by her daughter, Barbara A. Richard Carper of Gibsonburg; 5 grandchildren: Perry Stacie Carper, Jody Thomas Angelone, Christopher Julie Carper, Angela Benjamin Wittman, and Ryan Mashala Lorentz; 11 great grandchildren: Andrew, Jon, Derek Angelone, Trevor Lathan Wittman, Ava Lorentz Shea Lawson, Kyle Justin Carper, Jai Williams Austin Buentello, and one on the way; and brother, Donald Betty Behlmer of Fremont, and special friend Poochie. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Dick, daughter, Linda J. Lorentz, brother, Kenneth Behlmer and sister, Delores Tornow. Visitation will be 2-8 p.m., Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Robinson-Walker Funeral Home Crematory, 165 E. Water St., Oak Harbor. The funeral service will be conducted 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 3, 2012 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 122 W. Ottawa St., Oak Harbor, with interment to follow in Salem Township Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions for Betty may be given to St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, 122 W. Ottawa St., Oak Harbor, OH 43449; the VFW #8732 Scholarship Fund, 251 Main St., Oak Harbor, OH 43449, or Odyssey Hospice, Toledo. Special thanks to Karen Opp, Bettys caregiver for years, for all her special care and support.