Colene VanSickel Schmid
May 3, 1918 – February 17, 2012
Colene (VanSickel) Schmid, age 93, the beloved wife of the late Ralph D. Schmid, passed away peacefully in Connecticut Hospice in Branford with her family by her side on Friday, February 17, 2012.
Born in Green Grove, Adair County, MO to the late Jesse and Etta VanSickel, she received her bachelor’s degree from Northeast Missouri University in Kirksville, MO and her master’s degree from the University of Bridgeport. She resided in Bridgeport for the past forty years.
Prior to her retirement in 1984, she was a teacher and reading consultant at the Samuel Staples Elementary School in Easton. She was a longtime parishioner of the United Congregational Church in Bridgeport. Colene’s passion was reading which she enjoyed throughout her life. She was totally dedicated to her family and cherished her only grandson.
She is survived by her beloved sons and their wives, Ralph and Valerie Schmid of Clinton, CT and Thomas Louis Schmid and Gayle Nelson of Atlanta, GA; one grandson, Jon Schmid of Atlanta and eight nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her three brothers, Harold, Joe and Ralph VanSickel and two sisters, Velma Swan and Betty Bragg.
A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. at The Watermark Chapel, 3030 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT with the Rev. David Rowe officiating. Interment will take place in Lancaster, MO.
Donations may be made in her memory to The Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Road, Branford, CT 06405.
You are a sweet, gentle lady and I feel it was an honor to have known you through the years in Samuel Staples, and later, in Watermark.
May her memory be for a blessing.
We remember fondly our great West McKinley neighbors, Ralph & Colene; quick wit, friendly nature and intelligence; best conversations may have been the sidewalk meetings, in bathrobes, while I walked the dogs and the lovely get-to-gether when Lila got married; playing scrabble on my back porch with Ralph on a rainy day;neighbors as neighbors should be; they left the legacy of GREAT memories
Joe & Louise Brochin