Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Schmidt, Joshua Julian July 30, 2020 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 February 28, 2022, 3:14 pm Virginian-Pilot July, 2020 On Thursday, July 30, 2020, Joshua Julian Schmidt, loving husband and father of three children, died at the age of 50. Joshua was born on March 8, 1970, in Norfolk, VA, to Arthur Roy Schmidt and Linda Susan Craft Schmidt. He attended Maury High School and The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Joshua later received his bachelor's degree from Norfolk State University. Josh served in the United States Merchant Marines during the First Gulf War prior to his twenty-year career with Norfolk Southern Railroad, working as Trainmaster and Labor Relations Officer. Josh was a devoted husband, son and father. He was warm, caring, outgoing and loved by everyone that knew him. He will be greatly missed. Joshua was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Schmidt. Survivors include his wife, Shannon O'Reilly Schmidt; three children, Robert, Richard and Mary Schmidt; mother and step-father, Linda (Sue) and Blake Bowen; sister, Mollie Moorhouse Dorsey; aunts and uncles, Mark and Yvonne Schmidt, Marcia and Marvin Horst, John Craft, Jan Carter and Barbara Windsor. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, August 5th from 5 pm to 7 pm at Oman Funeral Home, 653 Cedar Rd. Chesapeake, VA 23322. A funeral mass will be held at 1 pm Thursday August 6, 2020 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/s/schmidt1859nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb