Minnie L. Schmicker

(Asbury Park Press)

MINNIE L. SCHMICKER
AGE: 90 ISLAND HEIGHTS
Minnie L. Schmicker, 90, a longtime resident of Pennsauken and Island Heights, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Minnie was born and raised in Worcester, Mass. and trained to become an RN at Hahnemann Hospital before moving to Philadelphia, where she met her husband, Robert. They moved to Pennsauken in 1949, where her life revolved around her family, her church and her community. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Merchantville. The Pennsauken First Aid Squad honored Minnie and Bob in December 1977, as life members for their many years of service. She summered in Island Heights from 1963 and retired there in 1977. She was active in the Island Heights Yacht Club Ladies Auxiliary, a past recipient of the Dorothy Hummel award and an honorary life member. Minnie was also a member of the East Dover Baptist Church, Toms River. She volunteered for the American Red Cross, Meals on Wheels and was State Chairman of the ABCNJ White Cross.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 59 years, Robert Schmicker, in 2008. She is survived by two sons, Robert Schmicker and his wife Catrina of Rye, N.Y., and James Schmicker and his wife Susan of Severna Park, Md.; three daughters, Betty Schmicker-Black and her husband Kevin of Los Alamitos, Calif., Linda Wheatley and her husband Geoffrey of English Creek, and Susan DeScioli and her husband Louis of Kingwood, Texas; and nine loving grandchildren, Gregory, Nancy and Thomas Schmicker, James and Adrian Black, Patricia and Louis DeScioli, and Katherine and Emily Schmicker.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 9 and from 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10 until the service at 11:30 a.m. at the Kedz Funeral Home, 1123 Hooper Ave., Toms River. Entombment will follow at Ocean County Memorial Park, Toms River. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the White Cross, an organization of the American Baptist Churches which has provided bandages, medical supplies, school supplies and services in the U.S. and throughout the world since 1919. White Cross, American Baptist Churches USA, P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851. Letters of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting kedzfuneralhome@aol.com.