Wed, 04/07/2021 - 4:00am
Aransas Pass, Texas resident beloved father, grandfather, and friend Richard “Rich” Schmidt went to join our lord on Feb. 19, 2021 after a lengthy illness. He was 86 years of age.
He had been a resident of Aransas Pass Texas and was born the son of Abe Schmidt and Lillian (Wert) Schmidt both of Newton Kansas.
He left home at an early age and worked for the Telephone Company then joined the Army in 1957. Relocating to Aransas Pass he purchased the Fin and Feather Marina in Aransas Pass TX and operated it for many years. He was quite a Sportsman and liked to hunt and fish, loved the ocean and warm tropical breezes and loved to travel. He traveled to many countries and spent most of his later years in Belize, Central America.