Genevieve Schmidt

SCHMIDT Genevieve, 89, of Fort Worth, TX, a former resident of Clifton for 54 years, passed away peacefully at a Fort Worth hospital Thursday, Oct. 20, 2010, following a stroke. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM Saturday, Oct. 30, at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 787 Valley Road, Clifton, NJ. Interment: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ. Visitation: 6-8 PM. Friday, Oct. 29, at Bizub-Quinlan Funeral Home, 1313 Van Houten Ave., Clifton, NJ In lieu of flowers, should friends, desire, memorials may be given to Trinity Valley School, 7500 Dutch Branch Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76132, or the James L. West Center, 1111 Summit Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76102. Genevieve Schmidt was born in New York City on Aug. 6, 1921. Her parents had both emigrated from Ukraine and her family soon moved to northern New Jersey where she spent most of her life. She graduated from Passaic (NJ) High School in 1939 and worked as a secretary during World War II. She married Herman Schmidt in 1942 and the couple spent 60 wonderful years together. After raising her children, Genevieve returned to the workforce as an administrative assistant for many years at the Clifton (NJ) Boys' Club. She was also employed by the Division of Social Services for the County of Passaic (NJ), tending to the needs of the elderly. She was a devout Catholic, and enjoyed reading, traveling to the beaches of the world with her husband, and gardening. She moved to Fort Worth in 2005 and very much enjoyed her new friends and being close to her family in Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman, in 2002 and her daughter, Diane, in 1966. Survivors: Her son, Robert and daughter in-law, Leslie, and granddaughter, Cassie Lynn, of Fort Worth; and numerous nephews and nieces.