Photo courtesy of Carman Funeral Home - Brown City
Jun 1, 1930 - Apr 17, 2018
Father Richard will be missed. He was such a great example of strength and consistency in his teachings for everyone especially my kids when they were young. His mere presence made you want to try harder to be better at anything you did. May he Rest In Peace.
Lisa Tkalcac
April 18, 2018 | Brown City, MI
Fr. Richard M. Schmidberger age 87 formerly of Brown City died April 17, 2018. He was born in Detroit June 1, 1930 to Paul and Helen Schmidberger. He attended Maryknoll-Glenn Ellyn and Maryknoll-New York Seminaries.
Fr. Schmidberger was ordained June 8, 1957 in Maryknoll, N.Y. His first assignment was as a Maryknoll Priest in La Paz, Boliva where he served for 14 years. He then served as an associate pastor at St. Genevieve Parish, Livonia (!969-72); and St. Mark Parish, Warren (1972-73). He returned to St. Genevieve Parish as an associate pastor (1973-77), and in 1977 was appointed as an associate pastor at St. Gabriel Parish in southwest Detroit. That year Fr. Schmidberger was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit.
In 1980, he was named temporary associate pastor at St. John the Baptist Parish in Monroe. He became pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Temperance in 1981. In 1986, Fr. Schmidberger was named pastor of St. Nicholas Parish in Capac. He served as vicar of the Thumb Vicariate (1986-89).
He was pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Lapeer (1987-90), and St. Henry Parish, Lincoln Park (1990-96). In 1996 Fr. Schmidberger became pastor of St. Mary Parish in Burnside Township as well as Sacred Heart Mission in Brown City and served threr until he was granted senior priest status in 2000. From 2004-07, Fr. Schmidberger served as administrator of Sacred Heart Mission and was very instrumental in the building of the new church Brown City.
He was preceded in death by a cousin Jacquline Murphy.
A viewing and visitation will be from 1:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Friday April 20, 2018 and on Saturday from 9:00 until the 11:00 a.m. funeral mass at Sacred Heart Church in Brown City. A scripture service will be Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Officiating the mass will be the Most Reverend Allen Vigneron and giving the eulogy Fr. Richard Tremell. Serving as Pall Bearers are Glenn Kreiner, Marvin Ford, Stan Maksymiuk, Larry Doherty, Wayne Burgess and Tony Zimmerman. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Brown City.
Memorial donations may be made to the Sacred Heart Church Buiding Fund.
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