Geoffrey-Waldschmidt-Obituary

Geoffrey Brand "Jeb" Waldschmidt

Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Geoffrey Brand Waldschmidt "Jeb", 75, of Fort Wayne, IN, passed away on June 9, 2024, He was born on September 19, 1948.Geoffrey, known to his loved ones as Jeb, was a talented musician and a brilliant writer. He played music all his life and spent years with local bands, including JumpStart. He...

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I´m so sorry to hear about the death of my cousin.

So sorry to hear of Jen's passing. I used to maintain the Grumman years ago for his dad.

I'm so very sorry for your loss.

May Jeb rest in peace.

I am so sorry for everyone but glad his suffering is over. He was one of my late husbands best friend. I always enjoyed his quick wit and animated talks. I could listen to him and my ex talk for hours. I loved the airplane rides as well. He is up with his loved ones who passed before him as well as several of his good friends.He will be missed for sure.

I´m heartbroken, but glad his fight is over. I´ve known Jeb for 56 years and kept in touch sporadically through most of them. He showed up for me at the worst time of my life with two other old friends, and I will never forget it. I loved writing with Jeb. We shared story lines until the end. He had a huge heart and made no excuses for man´s failures. Jeb had a quiet way about him of making us look at ourselves, our motives and our priorities. Many times he´d add a hugely comic spin to his...

I'm sorry to hear of Jeb's passing. I'm pretty sure I remember carpooling to swim practice at Pocahontas, with Robin and Kim. May God comfort and encourage you all with special memories in the days ahead. Losing a brother is tough, as I found out last July. Blessings, Barb Kelley

Oh no, so sorry to hear of Jeb's passing! We lived catty-corner across the street from the Waldschmidts, You guys were my favorite family, In lived you more than my own. All of us loved you! Jeb was funny and witty, Robin and I swam together, Kim was like my little sister. What fun times we had! And I'll never forget your dad chasing down the street after the errant "Champ", your pet Beagle that lived to escape! I haven't seen Jeb in many years, but followed him and the family in Facebook...

I first met Jeb in the late 60's before I had even moved to Fort Wayne. He and some friends had a recording company in the Anthony Wayne bank building called Evelyn Cleanbean records, where I came to audition. He was also in an outstanding folk group at the time called the Just Folk Trio. We were a couple of music loving hippys and became fast friends. Jeb had a magnetic personality, so bright and talented and witty - an absolute original. On top of all this, people liked him, everybody liked...