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Longtime Summit resident Jo Schmitt passed away on June 16 at Life Care Center in Evergreen. Schmitt spent over 30 winters and summers skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, bicycling and playing tennis in Summit County.
Longtime resident Betty M. Schmitt, better known as Jo Schmitt by her many friends and acquaintances, died June 16, at Life Care Center in Evergreen.
Jo entered this planet March 7, 1925, in Welch, W.V. She was an outdoor person, scrambling among the many steep slopes surrounding Welch prepared her for living in Summit County.
Jo earned a bachelor's degree at Roanoke College in Virginia and a master's degree in English from State University of New York at New Paltz, N.Y.
She is survived by husband, Robert L. Schmitt, who she married Feb. 20, 1959. She is also survived by a sister and her husband, and two nephews and their families.
Jo and her husband leased a lot from the Bureau of Land Management in an area of Summit County called Government Small Traits by Summit County in 1964. They built a small cabin and purchased the property in 1967. Although living elsewhere, they visited the cabin every summer and hiked in the nearby mountains. They moved permanently into the cabin the late fall of 1976, enlarging and improving it.
Jo took advantage of the many recreational, social and political opportunities offered by living in Summit County. She was an early member of the Breckenridge Touring Society, Woman of the Summit's first treasurer, Woman's Political Caucus, Democratic Party, Sierra Club and Ptarmigan Mountain Home Owners Association from its inception.
Jo spent over 30 winters and summers skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, bicycling and playing tennis in Summit County. She will be greatly missed by her husband, family and friends.
Jo entered this planet March 7, 1925, in Welch, W.V. She was an outdoor person, scrambling among the many steep slopes surrounding Welch prepared her for living in Summit County.
Jo earned a bachelor's degree at Roanoke College in Virginia and a master's degree in English from State University of New York at New Paltz, N.Y.
She is survived by husband, Robert L. Schmitt, who she married Feb. 20, 1959. She is also survived by a sister and her husband, and two nephews and their families.
Jo and her husband leased a lot from the Bureau of Land Management in an area of Summit County called Government Small Traits by Summit County in 1964. They built a small cabin and purchased the property in 1967. Although living elsewhere, they visited the cabin every summer and hiked in the nearby mountains. They moved permanently into the cabin the late fall of 1976, enlarging and improving it.
Jo took advantage of the many recreational, social and political opportunities offered by living in Summit County. She was an early member of the Breckenridge Touring Society, Woman of the Summit's first treasurer, Woman's Political Caucus, Democratic Party, Sierra Club and Ptarmigan Mountain Home Owners Association from its inception.
Jo spent over 30 winters and summers skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, bicycling and playing tennis in Summit County. She will be greatly missed by her husband, family and friends.
